Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland
Source: AndroidOne1
Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland
Source: AndroidOne1
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News snippet: 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.
Many Greenlandic politicians, including the prime minister, said they would not attend the official opening on Thursday.
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.
During his visit, Landry told Agence France-Presse he thought it was “time for the US to put its footprint back on Greenland”.
We’re so embarrassing now. 🙁
I miss feeling like we’re the good guys instead of the neighborhood meth-head with tons of guns.
Why does ‘put its footprint back’ sound so much like ‘put its boot on their neck’?
Fuck Jeff Landry
LOL. Americans don’t train for how cold it gets there. They don’t have a chance.
“put its boots on the neck of Greenland’s Indigenous population.” There, fixed it.