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Thousands of radical took to the streets of Denmark’s superior connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) to protestation astatine U.S. President Donald Trump’s propulsion to instrumentality implicit Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
The protestation followed Mr. Trump’s informing connected Friday (Janaury 16, 2026) that helium “may enactment a tariff” connected countries that reason his plans to instrumentality implicit mineral-rich Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
They besides coincided with a sojourn to Copenhagen by a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Congress that has made wide the absorption of galore Americans to the Trump administration’s sabre-rattling.
Waving the flags of Denmark and Greenland, the protesters formed a oversea of reddish and achromatic extracurricular Copenhagen metropolis hall, chanting “Kalaallit Nunaat!” — the immense Arctic island’s sanction successful Greenlandic.
Thousands of radical had said connected societal media they would to instrumentality portion successful marches and rallies organised by Greenlandic associations successful Copenhagen, and successful Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic superior Nuuk.
“The purpose is to nonstop a wide and unified connection of respect for Greenland’s ideology and cardinal quality rights,” Uagut, an relation of Greenlanders successful Denmark, said connected its website.
A sister objection was scheduled to hap successful Nuuk, the superior of Greenland, astatine 4:00 p.m. (1500 GMT), to protestation the U.S.’ “illegal plans to instrumentality power of Greenland”, organisers said. Demonstrators would march to the U.S. consulate carrying Greenlandic flags.
The Copenhagen rally, which began astatine 12:00 p.m. (1100 GMT), was owed to marque a halt extracurricular the U.S. embassy successful the Danish capital.
‘Demand respect’
“Recent events person enactment Greenland and Greenlanders successful some Greenland and Denmark nether pressure,” Uagut chairwoman Julie Rademacher said successful a connection to AFP, calling for “unity”.
“When tensions emergence and radical spell into a authorities of alarm, we hazard creating much problems than solutions for ourselves and for each other. We entreaty to Greenlanders successful some Greenland and Denmark to basal together,” she said.
The objection successful Greenland was “to amusement that we are taking action, that we basal unneurotic and that we enactment our politicians, diplomats and partners,” Kristian Johansen, 1 of the organisers, said successful a statement.
“We request respect for our country’s close to self-determination and for america arsenic a people,” added Avijaja Rosing-Olsen, different organiser.
“We request respect for planetary instrumentality and planetary ineligible principles. This is not lone our struggle, it is simply a conflict that concerns the full world.”
According to the latest canvass published successful January 2025, 85% of Greenlanders reason the territory joining the United States. Only 6% were successful favour.
‘No information threat’
Speaking successful Copenhagen, wherever the Congressional delegation met apical Danish and Greenlandic politicians and concern leaders, U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons insisted determination was nary information menace to Greenland to warrant the Trump administration’s stance.
He was responding aft Mr. Trump advisor Stephen Miller claimed connected Fox News that Denmark was excessively tiny to support its sovereign Arctic territory.
“There are nary pressing information threats to Greenland, but we stock existent interest astir Arctic information going forward, arsenic the clime changes, arsenic the oversea crystal retreats, arsenic shipping routes change,” Mr. Coons told the press.
“There are morganatic reasons for america to research ways to put amended successful Arctic information broadly, some successful the American Arctic and successful our NATO partners and allies,” said Mr. Coons, who is starring the U.S. delegation.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly criticised Denmark — a NATO state — for, successful his view, not doing capable to guarantee Greenland’s security.
The U.S. President has pursued that argument, contempt strategically located Greenland — arsenic portion of Denmark — being covered by NATO’s information umbrella.
European NATO members are deploying troops successful Greenland for a subject workout designed to amusement the world, including the United States, that they volition “defend (their) sovereignty”, French Armed Forces Minister Alice Rufo said this week.
Britain, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden person announced they are sending tiny numbers of subject unit to hole for aboriginal exercises successful the Arctic.
The United States has been invited to enactment successful the exercise, Denmark said connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
