La Cina critica la minaccia tariffaria di Trump all’Europa sulla Groenlandia

China’s foreign ministry on Monday took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose sanctions on European countries that oppose his ambition to control Greenland.

 “The international law underpinned by the purposes and principles of the United Nations charter is the foundation of the current international order and must be upheld,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun told a news conference. 

“We urge the U.S. to stop using the so-called China threat as a pretext for itself to seek selfish gains,” Guo added. 

Trump has repeatedly said that the U.S. needs Greenland because China and Russia want the resource-rich arctic island for themselves. In an escalation of his rhetoric, Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries — Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland — until they agree to support to his talk of buying Greenland, a self-governing Danish island. 

“World Peace is at stake!” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it.” Last week, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters in Washington that Trump’s assertions that the world’s largest island is “surrounded” by Russian and Chinese ships is factually inaccurate. 

“It is not a true narrative that we have Chinese warships all around the place,” Lokke Rasmussen said. “According to our intelligence, we haven’t had a Chinese warship in Greenland for a decade or so.””

Idea: we actually give china a lease on greenland until the next US election. Thoughts? 🤔

EDIT: I have actually given it a bit more thought now and i have a theory. Considering that the US sees China as it’s number one threat, the Chinese opposition to this plan might be seen as confirmation that such an action threatens Chinese interest, and could result in Trump becoming even more driven to do it 🤔

That would be geopolitically smart as fuck. Russia too, given their statements about Greenland being Danish territory, could be looking towards egging Trump on to completely split the US and EU.

Now while i am not happy about the EU being used essentially as a chess piece by the superpowers of our age, the fact is that EU politics of the past 40-ish years have put us in precisely this position! We need to get our shit together and break with the US, not to benefit China or Russia or anything, but to benefit us.

I am sick and tired of EU officials sucking up to every US president, be it Trump, Biden or Obama. I am sick and tired of seeing things like Rutte’s leaked messages or him calling Trump daddy. I am sick and tired of Kallas forgetting her twitter password whenever the US violates international law, but suddenly remembering it when anyone else does anything.

China [calls](https://en.chinadiplomacy.org.cn/2026-01/20/content_118288912.shtml) on Europe to bolster its strategic autonomy. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Americans not only *”insult European capabilities but also ignore the continent’s potential to act as a powerful, independent player on the world stage.”*

Crazy that we are in a world where China is actively pushing for European emergence due to the US and Russia buddying up.

And Canada is ahead of the curve on this. PM Carney just announced a major new strategic partnership with China. Perhaps Europe will follow soon. At the very least we’ll see a form of rapprochement. It points to a tripolar future. 

*The current frictions over Greenland serve as a crucial inflection point for Europe. It is a clarion call for the continent to bolster its strategic autonomy, diversify its partnerships, and assert its role on the global stage. By doing so, Europe can ensure that its future is not dictated by the diktats of a bully, but is instead shaped by its collective interests.*

*The situation underscores the necessity for Europe to review the nature of transatlantic relations […] The notion that US interests inherently align with European stability has been challenged repeatedly, from trade disputes to differing stances on climate change and security.*

SLAMS it

If China backed off from Taiwan, it would be the indisputable preferable partner for Europe.

China will go against Europe’s interest when it suits them, regrettable, but one can work with that.

America threatens Europe with war because its hate-filled electorate voted for a demented senior. Like seriously, the Americans can already effectively build bases and extract resources from Greenland as they please; this crisis started because Trump wants to conquer fresh soil, and America as a whole just follows his whim.

America can not be an international partner to anyone with a political system like its current one, and this will not go away with Trump.

Friendship with USA ended 🙅‍♂️

China is my new best friend 🤝

While China is most certainly not Europe’s friend, they have consistently pushed for further EU integration and autonomy. Makes sense, as they don’t want the US to have such a big sphere of influence.

China is absolutely continuing to do what’s best for China and making moves to be the only superpower in the world. They’ve committed horrible human rights violations and have performed military aggression against Taiwan and used shows of force to lay claim on international waters and expand their territory. They also run one of the largest hacking operations in the world, which frequently targets the west, Japan, and others.

All that to say, when China is the cover of treason, you know you’ve fucked up

A China-Europe alliance (obviously in a greater alliance including Canada, Japan, and other equal minded rational states) could probably end both the Ukraine war and Trumps threats against Europe.

China – a much more aligned country to Europe when it comes to science-oriented mindset, including global warming.

Obviously less into privacy and human rights, but then again, is the US? They broke international law by invading Iraq, they bulldozed over freshly recruited Iraqi soldiers and buried them alive, they had torture programs, they’ve paid for most of the Gaza genocide.

In short, it’s time to realize that we live in a world of imperialistic agents and start playing the field. Reaching out a hand to a country on the same continental plate as us is a good idea.

SLAMS!

Guys, this is not “China suddenly being a good guy”, this is “China strategizing the hell out of this situation”.

EU & US fighting is good for China. Befriending Canada & EU for trade purposes is good for China. China knows befriending Trump is never going to work for them.

At this point, fuck America. Realign are partners and isolate the states.
This all just getting a bit insane and the blackmail can fuck off.

At this point of time i trust china more than usa

By now I’m fully in the camp that says we should normalize relations with China. The Chinese have never threatened European territory and the only only reason we have a hostile posture towards them is because they committed the unforgivable sin of developing an economy that is as big as that of the US. Helping the US contain China is harmful to our own interest at this point. Basically, we should go the same way as the Canadian PM and drop all anti-Chinese economic measures that were only taken because of loyalty to Washington (those that are beneficial for us should obviously stay).

It is becoming increasingly clear that China are far more allied to Europe than Trump. They are quite right here and looking at their trade figures it is clear the US has become the emperor with no clothes. Let’s go full Macron on them.