"We got a wake-up call, said Linea Obbekjr, 64, as she left a supermarket with her bike in Copenhagen's sprawling sterbro neighbourhood. So we are thinking about what is important to us. Many had been spurred by recent events to take action. People want to do something, said Obbekjr. Not sit and look at the television, but go out and do something."
"The country is working through a shared sense of anger and bewilderment that has bruised its pride and shaken its collective sense of self. But as well as galvanising the Danish population against him, Donald Trump's martial rhetoric often arriving in the early hours of the morning thanks to the transatlantic time difference and his habit of posting on social media late into the US night has also gone some way to easing tensions between Denmark and Greenland."
"Julie Rademacher, a member of Uagut, the national organisation for Greenlandic people in Denmark and one of the protest organisers, was overwhelmed by the support the protesters received from Greenlanders, Danes, Americans and from around the world. The first half-hour in front of City Hall when this ocean of people just showed up, every time they cheered because of the speeches I couldn't stop crying, she said, her eyes welling up at the memory."
For three weeks Denmark has been consumed by debates over whether the United States might seek to acquire or invade Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom. Public anger and bewilderment have bruised national pride and prompted widespread mobilization. Thousands gathered in Copenhagen to protest, waving Greenlandic and Danish flags and wearing red hats with slogans like Nu det NUUK!. Protesters included Greenlanders, Danes, Americans and international supporters. Personal testimony described a wake-up call and an urge to act rather than watch television. Trump's martial rhetoric intensified emotions while also shifting dynamics between Denmark and Greenland.
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