"President Donald Trump's ambition to take over Greenland may be on ice for now, but supporters of the Danish territory won't soon forget the affair. In particular, Jesper Tønnesen, the Copenhagen shop owner whose MAGA parody hat went viral, told Business Insider he'll continue to raise support for Greenland's right to self-determination. "You don't feel that you have any promises, because it can change again," he said of Trump's proposed deal with Denmark."
"Tønnesen's business was thrust into the international spotlight over a red MAGA-style hat he designed late last year in protest of a US takeover of Greenland that read "Nu det Nuuk," a twist on the Danish way of saying "Now it's enough" that used the name of Greenland's capital city. Tønnesen said he was inspired by a parody "Make America Go Away" hat he had seen earlier, but he felt it was important to make a statement in his native language."
""Trump maybe took one step too much," he said of the threats to seize the NATO ally's territory. "We can't communicate with him - we have to say, now it's enough, because we tried." An initial run of 300 hats didn't get much traction at first, but search interest and copycat products surged last weekend after Trump ramped up his rhetoric over the issue and protesters in Copenhagen and Nuuk took to the streets."
Jesper Tønnesen, a Copenhagen shop owner, created a red MAGA-style parody hat reading "Nu det Nuuk" to protest proposed US efforts to acquire Greenland. The hat referenced Greenland's capital and included an alternate phrase with the Greenland flag. Initial stock of 300 hats sold slowly until President Trump's renewed interest in Greenland and protests in Copenhagen and Nuuk spiked search interest and demand, prompting distribution of printed hats to demonstrators. Tønnesen said he will continue advocating for Greenland's right to self-determination and expressed concern that any informal agreement could change in the future.
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