U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened several European countries with a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, President Trump said the tariff would be imposed on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland from February 1 due to their opposition to U.S. control of Greenland, a Danish territory.

The U.S. is once again using economic sanctions as a security pretext. The latest U.S. National Security Strategy has redrawn priorities closer to home and pushed pressure outward. CGTN's Zhao Yunfei explains how the U.S. defines security interests.