Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Donald Trump should be ashamed - but he doesn't even know that feeling. Greenland is not for sale. Bravo Greenland! Mark Rutte has disqualified himself for me!"

Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Donald Trump should be ashamed - but he doesn't even know that feeling. Greenland is not for sale. Bravo Greenland! Mark Rutte has disqualified himself for me!"------------------------ SZ.de Protest against Trump: Greenland fights back Alex Rühle, Copenhagen • 8 hours • 3 minutes read In Greenland's capital, Nuuk, numerous people took part in a march over the weekend that ended in front of the US Consulate. The demonstration was held under the slogan "Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people." All Greenlandic parties are protesting together and strongly against Trump's open threats of annexation. And even the weather gods are now on the side of the Greenlanders. Greenland fights back There is no other place in Greenland that has broken as much china as Donald Trump has broken here in such a short time. But one can also put it positively: First, through his now openly expressed dreams of imperialist annexation, the American president has managed to unite all Greenlandic parties and inspire the Greenlanders to one of the largest demonstrations in their history. Second, he has succeeded in reviving Danish-Greenlandic relations, which until recently were considered hopelessly broken. And third, even the harsh Arctic weather gods now seem to be on the side of the Greenlanders. At a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte last Thursday, when asked by a journalist whether he intended to annex Greenland, Trump replied: "Well, I think that's going to happen. I haven't given it much thought, but" – and here he turned to Rutte – "I'm sitting here with a man who could be very helpful to the whole thing." Trump had previously repeatedly stated that the US needed Greenland for security reasons and promised the Greenlanders that he would make them "very rich" if they joined the US. On Friday, all five parties represented in the Greenlandic parliament issued a statement sharply criticizing Trump for his statements: "We – all party leaders – cannot accept the repeated statements about the annexation and control of Greenland. As party leaders, we consider this behavior towards friends and allies in a defense alliance unacceptable." The statement differs in its sharpness from previous statements in which Greenlandic politicians had emphasized that Greenland belonged to the Greenlanders but avoided openly criticizing Trump's aggressive rhetoric. It is also striking that even the right-wing populist party Naleraq, which had campaigned for an association agreement with the US during the election campaign, signed this statement. At the same time, several Greenlanders called for demonstrations in Nuuk, Sisimiut, and Qaanaaq on Friday. Severe winter storms were actually raging around the Arctic island. Just as the demonstrations began, however, the skies across Greenland were completely clear, and more than a thousand people gathered in the capital alone—a historic event considering the population of 19,000. At the beginning of the demonstration, the social-liberal winner of Tuesday's parliamentary elections, Demokraatit leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and his predecessor, outgoing Prime Minister Múte B. Egede, gave a joint speech. Both emphasized that no one had the right to dispose of their island. Since it had emerged shortly before the election that the Americans had openly attempted to influence the parties and their platforms during the election campaign, the demonstrators then moved to the US Consulate. Because the blinds were drawn, the employees couldn't see all the signs declaring Greenland "Not for Sale." A demonstrator in front of the US Consulate with an American flag—held upside down. Next to it, the Greenland flag is stuck in the snow. Mette Frederiksen, the Danish Prime Minister, emphasized on Sunday that it really doesn't need to be repeated, "but Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. We have a clear expectation that other nations respect our territorial integrity." Greenlanders are a proud people with dreams for the future. "I urge everyone to treat Greenland with the respect it deserves." Many Greenlanders believe that Copenhagen has failed to show them this respect for far too long. Given Trump's behavior, however, most consider political coexistence with Denmark a far lesser evil than the threat of a hostile takeover by the Americans.