(AFP) — Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital of Greenland on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
The protesters, including the territory’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, waving a Greenlandic flag, chanted slogans and traditional Inuit songs under light rain.
Many wore caps with the words “Make America Go Away” — a riff on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
The Nuuk demonstration coordinated with others across Denmark on Saturday that were joined by thousands.
Trump warned on Friday that he could put tariffs on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland.
“We don’t want Trump invading Greenland, that is the message,” said 44-year-old nurse Paarniq Larsen Strum at the Nuuk
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