'Greenland is already great': Almost 10% of island's population hit streets against Trump

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• It took place after the news broke out that Trump had announced that he would charge a 10 per cent tariff on eight European countries from February over their opposition to US control of Greenland. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“I thought this day couldn’t get any worse, but it just did,” Malik Dollerup-Scheibel said after the Associated Press told him about Trump’s announcement.
• “It just shows he has no remorse for any kind of human being now.” For the longest time, Trump has said that he thinks the US should take over Greenland, calling it crucial for American national security. More from World Trump sets new territorial target?
• Nominee for ambassador of Iceland calls self 'governor of 52nd state 'We need Greenland’: Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposing Greenland bidHowever, the strategic location of the island and the fact that it is rich in raw minerals made it an attractive piece of land.
• Things started to escalate after the US military operation to oust the former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. Rallies also took place in DenmarkMeanwhile, there were some who held rallies and solidarity marches across the Danish realm, including in Copenhagen, as well as in the capital of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut in Canada’s far north.
• “This is important for the whole world,” a Danish protester, Elise Riechie, told The Associated Press, as she held Danish and Greenlandic flags in Copenhagen.