Article 75SMP Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland

Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland

by
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#75SMP)

Prime minister says he will boycott opening, as protesters hold signs saying stop USA' and shout go home'

Hundreds of people protested against the opening of a new US consulate in Nuuk after comments by the US special envoy to Greenland that it was time for Washington to put its footprint back" on the Arctic territory.

Many Greenlandic politicians, including the prime minister, said they would not attend the official opening on Thursday.

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