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

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

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

Miranda Bryant Thu 21 May 2026 15.29 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/greenland-trump-us-envoy-jeff-landry-visit

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Protesters carried Greenlandic flags and signs that read “USA Asu” (Stop USA) and shouted “Greenland belongs to Greenlanders” outside the Greenlandic parliament before shouting “go home” outside the US consulate.

The US special envoy, Jeff Landry, arrived in Nuuk uninvited with a delegation including a doctor, who caused fury by saying he was there to “assess the medical needs of Greenland”. Landry briefly attended a business conference with the US ambassador to Denmark, Kenneth Lowery, and left Nuuk on Wednesday night.


He said: “Greenland needs the US. I think that you’re seeing the president talk about increasing national security operations and repopulating certain bases in Greenland.”

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The US already had a consulate in Nuuk, in a modest traditional-style building, but the move to new premises in a modern high-rise is symbolic of its growing presence............





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.

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

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

Miranda Bryant Thu 21 May 2026 15.29 EDT

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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