Greenlanders sent a pointed message to Washington on Thursday as the US opened a larger consulate in Nuuk: this island isn't up for grabs. Several hundred people marched through the capital chanting, "Greenland is for Greenlanders" before turning their backs in silence on the new 30,000-square-foot mission, a high-rise locals have dubbed "Trump Towers," the BBC reports. "Our message is for the American people and to the rest of the world," organizer Aqqalukkuluk Fontain said. "That in a democratic world, no means no."
"Our government already told Donald Trump and his administration that Greenland is not for sale," Fontain said. The new consulate on one of Nuuk's main roads replaces a consulate that opened in a much smaller building in 2020. The New York Times reports that beyond the event space where the opening ceremony was held, much of the building appeared "empty and unfinished." At the consulate's inauguration, which was skipped by most Greenlandic leaders, US consul Susan Wilson said, "These are interesting times, as we all know." Kenneth Howery, the US ambassador to Denmark, unveiled a plaque and spoke of a "deeper partnership" in a strategically critical Arctic region
The demonstration capped the first visit by Trump's envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, who flew in without an official invitation while negotiations continue over expanded US military access. Landry told a local paper Greenland could thrive as an independent nation but, when asked about respecting its red lines on sovereignty, replied, "There is only one line for us. It is red, white, and blue."
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