Overview
- Coordinated demonstrations are scheduled Saturday in Nuuk and in Danish cities including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense, organized by Uagut, the “Ne touchez pas au Groenland” movement and Inuit associations.
- Turnout signals on social media number in the thousands, with about 900 people indicating participation in Nuuk, a territory of roughly 57,000 residents.
- The Copenhagen rally is set for noon local time with a stop at the U.S. Embassy, while the Nuuk march is planned for 15:00 GMT with a procession to the U.S. consulate.
- President Trump threatened new tariffs on countries that do not back his plan to acquire Greenland, and adviser Stephen Miller argued Denmark is too small to defend the island.
- Danish officials reported no immediate agreement after talks in Washington, as a bipartisan U.S. delegation met Denmark’s prime minister in Copenhagen and several European allies sent small reconnaissance detachments to Greenland under Denmark’s Arctic Endurance exercise.