Republican Mike Johnson delivered a historic speech to the British parliament Tuesday, the first U.S. House speaker to address the body. Johnson spoke as U.S. President Donald Trump bitterly lashes out at America’s most trusted allies, posting overnight that the United Kingdom is acting with “GREAT STUPIDITY” in national security he intensifies his own claims to forcibly take Greenland in the Arctic.
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“I told the president that I felt that my mission here today was to encourage our friends and help to calm the waters, so to speak,” Johnson told British lawmakers.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, meanwhile, described Trump’s planned new tariffs over Greenland as “a mistake especially between long-standing allies” and called into question Trump’s trustworthiness, saying that he had agreed last year not to impose more tariffs on members of the bloc.
WATCH: Europe stands firm against Trump’s push for Greenland as he threatens new tariffs
Trump announced that starting February, a 10% import tax will be imposed on goods from eight European nations that have rallied around Denmark in the wake of his stepped up calls for the United States to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.
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