TL:DR – Greenlanders Oppose Trump in MAGA Hats Featuring ‘Make America Go Away’
- Protests erupted in Greenland and Copenhagen against Trump’s plans to acquire Greenland.
- Protesters donned red hats saying ‘Nu det NUUK’ (Danish for ‘Enough is enough’).
- Nearly one in ten Greenlanders and at least 10,000 Danes joined demonstrations, chanting ‘Greenland is not for sale’.
- Greenlandic artist Aannguaq Reimer-Johansen created the anti-MAGA hats to assert Greenland’s independence.
- The protests highlighted sentiments against US interference in Greenlandic affairs, emphasising that it is not for sale.
Greenlanders against Trump wear MAGA hats with motto ‘Make America Go Away’ | News World
The front of the cap says, ‘Nu er det NUUK, or ‘Enough is enough’ (Photo by Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images)
## Protest in Greenland
It’s a moment Donald Trump had long dreamed of – people in Denmark and Greenland wearing bright red hats. But the US president’s ‘Make America Great Again’ motto isn’t printed on them with pride. Instead, they read: ‘Make America Go Away.’
On the front, the spoof MAGA hats say, ‘Nu det NUUK,’ Danish for ‘Enough is enough’ and a pun on Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. One in 10 Greenlanders protested against the White House’s aggressive attempt to seize their island home over the weekend.
Trump had earlier amped up his campaign by threatening tariffs on allies of NATO – a defense alliance of which the US, Greenland, and Denmark are members. On the news, Greenland resident Malik Dollerup-Scheibel, 21, said: ‘I thought this day couldn’t get any worse, but it just did.
## Rally in Copenhagen
Around 10,000 protesters spilled out onto the streets of Copenhagen (Picture: Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/NurPhoto/Shutterstock).
The hats have Greenland’s flag on the side (Picture: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images)
Nearly a quarter of Nuuk’s 20,000 population turned up to the rally (Picture: Arctic Creative/HO/AFP via Getty)
## Voices from the Crowd
‘It just shows he has no remorse for any kind of human being now.’ At least 10,000 Danes also gathered in Copenhagen, chanting ‘Greenland is not for sale’ and holding ‘Hands off Greenland’ placards.
Among the protesters was Flemming Almind, who told NBC News: ‘I’ve actually never done this before, demonstrating, but this is very important to me.’ Protester Susanne Kristensen said Denmark must support the island nation. ‘We are Danes, Greenlanders are Danes, even though they’re Greenlanders, and we just have to stick together,’ she added.
Many demonstrators chanted ‘Greenland for Greenlanders’ (Picture: AFP)
## Trump’s Ambitions
Trump has for years set his sights on the independently run Danish territory, in what he says is in the name of national security. Greenlandic artist Aannguaq Reimer-Johansen designed the anti-MAGA hats earlier this year.
He asked his American followers to ‘help’ his country in a Facebook post this month, writing: ‘Greenland is not land to be bought. We, the people, are not something to purchase.’
‘Not territory to be taken. Not something to be decided over our heads. It is home.’ Greenland is home to 56,000 people, mostly the Inuit people who learned to survive on the slab of ice poking into the Arctic Circle centuries ago.
Reimer-Johansen said his people do not wish to become part of the US, something that even 74% of Americans do not support, CNN found. He added: ‘We are people. Not property.’