US EditionNunavut politicians raise Greenland flag as Trump escalates annexation threat
Nunavut's legislature expressed support for Greenland's Inuit majority and their right to self-determination amid U.S. annexation threats, drawing on deep cultural ties.
- On Tuesday, Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly raised Greenland's flag outside the legislature in downtown Iqaluit to show solidarity in a public afternoon event attended by local officials.
- Earlier Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated Oval Office photo and a map showing American flags over Greenland, Canada, Cuba and Venezuela.
- Dozens attended the flag-raising, including Premier John Main and the representative of the Danish consulate in Iqaluit, while passersby honked in support and dozens marched Saturday in Iqaluit.
- The escalated rhetoric has prompted warnings that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland could shatter NATO, with Last Saturday’s 10 per cent import tax threat on eight European nations rising to 25 per cent in June if no deal occurs.
- Centuries-Old migrations and ties mean about 5,000 thousand years ago people began migrating to Greenland from North America, including Inuit, while Greenland's population of about 57,000 is 90 per cent Inuit under Danish sovereignty.
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Donald Trump has come to understand. He will not be able to annex Greenland by force. Europeans have stood up to him and above all held good. In Davos, on Wednesday, the American president poured his bile on all those who prevented him from seeing his dream come true: the one to enlarge his territory and ...
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Prince Albert Daily HeraldGreenalandic flag raised at Nunavut Legislative Assembly
By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Greenlandic flag was raised at the Nunavut Legislative Assembly on Jan. 20, just one day after U.S. President Donald Trump shared a photo online with U.S. flags covering Canada and Greenland on a map. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen warned his people to prepare for a possible American invasion just one hour before the flag raising in Nunavut. Pau…
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