Calls for King Charles to Cancel US Trip Follow Greenland Tariffs Threat [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Jan 18, 2026 at 07:49 PM EST
Some British members of parliament (MPs) have urged King Charles III to cancel his reported state visit to the United States that is planned for April if President Donald Trump does not back off from his threats to place tariffs on nations who oppose his push to obtain Greenland.
"The UK must not be a doormat for an extortionist, or reward Trump’s behavior with the pageantry he craves," Liberal Democrats leader and MP for Kingston & Surbiton Ed Davey wrote on X on Sunday. Newsweek reached out to the Royal Family by email outside of normal business hours on Sunday evening for comment.
Why It Matters
Trump has made clear throughout the first year of his second administration that he believes the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland, the world's largest island and a semi-autonomous territory that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, for national security purposes.
On Saturday, Trump declared that eight European countries—Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland—would be subjected to a 10 percent tariff on February 1 if they opposed the U.S. on acquiring the island, with penalties set to rise to 25 percent by June 1, unless a purchase agreement was reached.
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