Trump’s Greenland crusade pushes European allies to a breaking point

BRUSSELS – European leaders tried for a year to charm President Donald Trump with flattery and dealmaking – lucrative promises to purchase U.S. goods including weapons, visits with royals and gifts such as a custom-engraved golf club. But Trump’s insistence on acquiring Greenland is now pushing transatlantic relations closer to a breaking point than officials here say they have seen in their lifetimes. Some of America’s once-closest allies say they see no choice other than to hit back, and hard. “Europe has very strong tools now, and we have to use them when we are not respected,” French President Emmanuel…