""The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency," Bessent said. "It is a strategic decision by the president. This is a geopolitical decision, and he's able to use the economic might of the US to avoid a hot war, so why wouldn't we do that?""
""The president is trying to avoid a conflict," Bessent said."
President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Denmark and other European countries unless they transfer control of Greenland to the United States. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent framed US control of Greenland as a strategic, geopolitical step to prevent a future hot war by using economic power to avoid a national emergency. Greenland sits between North America and Russia and holds minerals crucial to future technologies. Trump cited plans for a Golden Dome missile defense project. The European Union condemned the tariffs as economic blackmail, and US allies reacted with alarm at economic coercion or potential force.
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