People In Greenland And Denmark Held A Huge Protest Against Trump For Trying To Annex Greenland

Thousands of people in Greenland and Denmark have taken to the streets to protest over  US president Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex Greenland and for imposing a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries because they opposed Trump’s annexation plans.

Earlier in January, Trump told reporters that he wanted to annex Greenland not for minerals but “from the standpoint of national security” to defend it against Russia and China, claiming Denmark is not able to do it.

Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen responded by warning Trump to stop what she described as threats against Danish sovereignty, saying the US has no right to annex Greenland or any other part of the Danish realm.

On Jan. 13, in a joint press conference with Frederiksen, Greenland prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said that Greenland is not for sale and that if it had to, it would choose Denmark.

The next day, Danish and Greenlandic officials met US vice-president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio to discuss Trump’s threats and said that there is a “fundamental disagreement”.

Since then, leaked reports have shown plans from the Trump administration to give the people of Greenland between US$10,000 to US$100,000 to break with Denmark.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, Trump said he will impose a 10% import tariff starting Feb. 1 on goods imported from Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Britain and Norway — countries all already subject to between 10% and 15% tariffs imposed by Trump in 2025  — until the US is allowed to buy Greenland, according to Reuters.

Protests erupted over the weekend of Jan. 17 to 18, with demonstrators gathering in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, marching toward the US consulate.

Protesters waved Greenlandic flags and held signs reading “Greenland is not for sale” and “Hands off Greenland,” stressing the island’s right to self-determination.

Similar rallies were also held across Denmark, including in the capital Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense, as well as in parts of Canada’s Inuit-governed Nunavut.

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