'No means no': Greenlanders protest against Trump outside new US consulate
Hundreds of Greenlanders protested outside the newly inaugurated US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday. The demonstration was a response to President Donald Trump's expressed ambition for greater US influence and control over the island.
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Open questions and key claims
Greenlanders are not experimental subjects in a geopolitical project.
The US doctor Joseph Griffin joined the delegation as a volunteer to assess medical needs.
The Greenlandic government has made it clear their land is not for sale.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told US special envoy Jeff Landry that Greenland is 'not for sale'.
Jeff Landry, US special envoy to Greenland, is visiting to build ties and make friends.
Greenland's Health Minister Anna Wangenheim criticized the volunteer doctor's presence as 'deeply problematic'.
Greenland is not for sale.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to take over Greenland, possibly by military force, for US security.
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