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'No means no': Greenlanders protest against Trump outside new US consulate
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- Adrienne Murray Nuuk, Greenland EPAHundreds of Greenlanders gathered outside a new American consulate in the capital Nuuk on Friday to protest against Donald Trump's ambition for greater influence over the island.
- The protest capped a week in which the US president's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, made his first trip to the territory, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.
- "Our government already told Donald Trump and his administration that Greenland is not for sale," said Aqqalukkuluk Fontain, who organised the protest.
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Adrienne Murray Nuuk, Greenland EPAHundreds of Greenlanders gathered outside a new American consulate in the capital Nuuk on Friday to protest against Donald Trump's ambition for greater influence over the island.
The protest capped a week in which the US president's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, made his first trip to the territory, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.
"Our government already told Donald Trump and his administration that Greenland is not for sale," said Aqqalukkuluk Fontain, who organised the protest.
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