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Protests planned in Denmark and Greenland against Trump’s annexation calls
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A series of demonstrations are planned across the country. Denmark And Greenland against today Donald Trump and plans to control Greenland.
The purpose of Saturday’s protests will become clear when the US delegation of bipartisan lawmakers meets with Danish and Greenlandic officials. Copenhagen“To send a clear and unified message about respect for Greenlandic democracy and fundamental human rights”, Uagutan organization of Greenlanders in Denmark.
Jeff LandryTrump’s special envoy for Greenland said Friday that a deal for Washington to take over the island during this visit “must and will be done” and that the president is “serious” about buying the largely autonomous region, which is part of the Danish kingdom.
“In these times it is important that we show a united front and cooperate widely. We demand respect for Greenland’s right to self-determination and for the Greenlandic people. This is not only a fight for Greenland, but also for the rest of the world,” said Poul Johannesen of the citizen initiative Hands Off Kalaallit Nunaat.
Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on those who oppose plans to annex the largely autonomous region that is part of the Danish kingdom. Many at the beginning of the week NATO allies – France, Germany, England, Among them, Norway and Sweden also deployed troops to the Arctic island; Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said the defense of Greenland was a “shared concern” for all of NATO.
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European leaders spent the past year treading carefully Donald Trump as taxed tariffspushed NATO countries increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and threaten to withdraw US support Ukrainian.
But Trump’s plans to take control Greenland “It could force Europe to draw a line in the snow,” write The Guardian’s Andrew Roth and Jennifer Rankin.
“Everything else was subject to negotiation… but Greenland’s situation is different because it comes down to the question of sovereignty, and it comes down to the question of whether Europe has the capacity to sustain itself in terms of its own territory and its own rights,” said Kristine Berzina, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund for U.S. defense and transatlantic security.
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Protests planned in Denmark and Greenland against Trump’s annexation calls
Hello and welcome to the live broadcast of today’s events.
A series of demonstrations are planned across the country. Denmark And Greenland against today Donald Trump and plans to control Greenland.
The purpose of Saturday’s protests will become clear when the US delegation of bipartisan lawmakers meets with Danish and Greenlandic officials. Copenhagen“To send a clear and unified message about respect for Greenlandic democracy and fundamental human rights”, Uagutan organization of Greenlanders in Denmark.
Jeff LandryTrump’s special envoy for Greenland said Friday that a deal for Washington to take over the island during this visit “must and will be done” and that the president is “serious” about buying the largely autonomous region, which is part of the Danish kingdom.
“In these times it is important that we show a united front and cooperate widely. We demand respect for Greenland’s right to self-determination and for the Greenlandic people. This is not only a fight for Greenland, but also for the rest of the world,” said Poul Johannesen of the citizen initiative Hands Off Kalaallit Nunaat.
Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on those who oppose plans to annex the largely autonomous region that is part of the Danish kingdom. Many at the beginning of the week NATO allies – France, Germany, England, Among them, Norway and Sweden also deployed troops to the Arctic island; Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said the defense of Greenland was a “shared concern” for all of NATO.
Stay tuned for updates.
