 "'Greenland is already great': Almost 10% of island's population hit streets against Trump")
Amid the ever-growing threats from US President Donald Trump, almost 10 per cent of Greenland’s population marched across the country to take a stand against the United States' proposition to take over the island region. On Saturday, they held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted “Greenland is not for sale” in the face of increasing threats of an American takeover.
The march against Trump began in the small downtown area of Greenland’s capital city, Nuuk, and proceeded to the US consulate. It took place after the news broke out that Trump had announced that he would charge a 10 per cent tariff on eight European countries from February over their opposition to US control of Greenland.
“I thought this day couldn’t get any worse, but it just did,” Malik Dollerup-Scheibel said after the Associated Press told him about Trump’s announcement. “It just shows he has no remorse for any kind of human being now.” For the longest time, Trump has said that he thinks the US should take over Greenland, calling it crucial for American national security.
However, the strategic location of the island and the fact that it is rich in raw minerals made it an attractive piece of land. Things started to escalate after the US military operation to oust the former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
Rallies also took place in Denmark
Meanwhile, there were some who held rallies and solidarity marches across the Danish realm, including in Copenhagen, as well as in the capital of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut in Canada’s far north. “This is important for the whole world,” a Danish protester, Elise Riechie, told The Associated Press, as she held Danish and Greenlandic flags in Copenhagen. “There are many small countries. None of them is for sale.”
In Nuuk, Greenlanders of all ages listened to traditional songs as they walked to the consulate. Marie Pedersen, a 47-year-old Greenlander, said it was important to bring her children to the rally “to show them that they’re allowed to speak up”. “We want to keep our own country and our own culture, and our family safe,” she told AP.
Meanwhile, when the AP asked Louise Lennert Olsen what she would say to Trump, the 40-year-old Greenlandic nurse instead said she wanted to give a message to the American people. “I would really like them to support our wish to be Greenland as we are now,” she said as she marched through Nuuk. “I hope they will stand against their own president. Because I can’t believe they just stand and watch and do nothing.”
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