Trump issues chilling 6-word warning to UK after ‘disrespectful’ claim | World | News
Donald Trump has delivered an extraordinary warning to the UK after being accused of being “disrespectful” to the country and Europe as a whole. The US President has issued repeated threats against European nations as tensions over his plot to seize control of Greenland spiral out of control.
Mr Trump is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he delivered a furious speech aimed at opponents of his bid to buy Greenland, with Denmark in particular coming under fire. But speaking immediately after that bombshell speech, the 79-year-old sent a chilling warning to the UK and Europe after being accused of acting “very disrespectfully” towards them.
Replying to the question from Sky News business and economics correspondent Paul Kelso, Mr Trump replied: “No, I’m not, but they are going to have to change their ways. Between immigration and energy, if they don’t change, bad things will happen to them.”
The warning comes amid a series of increasingly hostile remarks from Mr Trump directed at the UK and Europe in recent weeks, including repeated threats to impose fresh tariffs on British and EU exports.
He has also sparked outrage in Britain by attacking the Government over the Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius, branding the agreement an “act of total weakness”.
The US President has claimed the UK is “giving away strategic territory” and accused European leaders of benefiting unfairly from the United States for years.
He has also stepped up his criticism of the UK’s domestic policies at Davos, hitting out at Britain’s green energy agenda and claiming mass migration has made parts of Europe “unrecognisable”, while criticising London’s approach to North Sea oil and accusing the Government’s energy strategy of damaging the economy.
He has also warned NATO allies they would no longer receive US protection unless they paid “much more money”.
Mr Trump has said previously in March 2025: “If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them.”
His most recent remarks have sparked alarm across Europe, with critics warning his rhetoric could seriously undermine NATO and destabilise transatlantic relations.
