Protesters with placards reading “Greenland is not for sale!” take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against the US President’s plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. On January 14, a few hours before the historic meeting in Washington between representatives from Greenland and Denmark and their U.S. counterparts, J.D.
Vance and Marco Rubio, Denmark and several of its NATO allies reinforced their military presence in Greenland and announced that further reinforcements would follow. At the Washington meeting, the U.S. reiterated its firm demand for“having Greenland”:“It is clear that the president wants to conquer Greenland,”declaredthe Danish foreign minister after the meeting.
The parties agreed to establish a“high-level working group”in an effort to contain the crisis. reiterated its firm demand for It is clear that the president wants to conquer Greenland, the Danish foreign minister after the meeting. The parties agreed to establish a However, the crisis persists, and its magnitude is immense.
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The reality is that for over a year, the nearly 57,000 Greenlanders and their vast island have been turned into a bargaining chip, a pawn to be moved at will on the great chessboard of U.S. imperialism. Trump has repeatedly stated that the U.S.
The brutally effective aggression against Venezuela on January 3 and the kidnapping of the The threat is imminent, and it is felt acutely among the Greenlandic people. The population is stuck in a vice, and thecountry’spoliticians must fight hour by hour simply to get a seat at the table and be heard.
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