"They carried protest signs, waved their national flag, and chanted Greenland is not for sale in defence of their self-governance amid growing fears of a US takeover. As they completed their march on Saturday from the small city centre of Greenland's capital, Nuuk, to the US consulate, news broke that Trump, speaking from his home in Florida, had announced a 10 percent import tax from February on goods from eight European countries, in retaliation for their opposition to US control of the Arctic island."
"Tillie Martinussen, a former member of Greenland's parliament, said she hopes the Trump administration will abandon this crazy idea. They started out by sort of touting themselves as our friends and allies, saying they wanted to make Greenland better for us than the Danes would, she said, as chants rang out in the background. And now they're just outright threatening us."
Thousands of Greenlanders marched through Nuuk carrying protest signs, waving the national flag, and chanting 'Greenland is not for sale' to defend self-governance against fears of a US takeover. The march ended at the US consulate just as President Trump announced a 10 percent import tax from February on goods from eight European countries, said to be retaliation for their opposition to US control of the Arctic island. Trump has long argued the United States should own the strategically located, mineral-rich island, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Former MP Tillie Martinussen called the plan 'crazy' and framed the struggle as a fight for NATO, autonomy, and freedom.
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