But five officials and diplomats confirmed to POLITICO that the highly sensitive topic of how to punch back against Trump is being discussed privately across the continent.
All of these offer potential leverage if European customers decide to stop shopping in the U.S.
The big risk, some officials say, is that such a blunt challenge would rapidly escalate into a full-blown rupture in the transatlantic relationship.
Others argue that the alliance is increasingly toxic under Trump and that Europe needs to move on.
The closest any leader has come to warning of retaliation was in cryptic remarks from Emmanuel Macron, the French president.
“We don't underestimate statements on Greenland,” Macron told his ministers this week.
France is following the situation with the utmost attention and will act in full solidarity with Denmark. »
