Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen addresses radical protesting against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to get Greenland connected January 17, 2026 successful Nuuk, Greenland.
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Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that the Arctic land would not beryllium pressured implicit U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.
His comments travel soon aft Nielsen joined protesters successful Nuuk, Greenland's capital, implicit the weekend, wherever radical marched to show against Trump's propulsion to instrumentality power of the self-governing Danish territory.
On Saturday, the U.S. president threatened to enforce a rising question of tariffs against 8 European countries for their absorption to his campaign.
European governmental leaders called the projected tariffs "unacceptable" and vowed to basal down Denmark, which is liable for the island's foreign, defense, and information policies.
In a societal media post, Greenland's Nielsen said the caller demonstrations successful Greenland and successful Denmark had shown "a beardown and dignified unity."
He besides welcomed enactment from different European leaders, saying it shows a "clear recognition" that Greenland had the close to marque its ain decisions.
"The latest statements from the US, including threats of tariffs, bash not alteration that line. We volition not beryllium pressured. We basal steadfast connected dialogue, connected respect and connected planetary law," Nielsen said successful a Facebook post, according to a Google translation.
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