Schumer: Democrats will try to block Trump's Greenland tariffs
Source: The Hill
01/17/26 10:10 PM ET
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday said Senate Democrats will block President Trump’s new 10 percent tariffs to be implemented on European countries over his calls for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
“Donald Trump’s foolhardy tariffs have already driven up prices and damaged our economy and now he is only making things worse,” Schumer said in a statement. “It is incredible that he wants to double down on the stupidity by imposing tariffs on our closest allies for his quixotic quest to takeover Greenland.”
“Senate Democrats will introduce legislation to block these tariffs before they do further damage to the American economy and our allies in Europe,” he said.
Trump announced the tariffs earlier on Saturday, claiming on Truth Social that “World Peace is at stake!” He wrote that the tariffs will go into effect “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
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