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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant in Copenhagen

‘We need to fight’: Trump Greenland threat brings sense of unity in Denmark

A golden statue of a naked Trump being carried by a smaller man amid flag-waving protesters.
A statue of Trump, Greenlandic and Danish flags and placards at a protest outside the US embassy in Copenhagen last weekend. Photograph: Johan Nilsson/TT/Shutterstock

For the past three weeks, 24 hours a day, Denmark has been consumed by discussions about whether or not Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom, will be invaded by the US, the Danes’ closest ally.

“We got a wake-up call,” said Linea Obbekjær, 64, as she left a supermarket with her bike in Copenhagen’s sprawling Østerbro neighbourhood. “So we are thinking about what is important to us.” Many had been spurred by recent events to take action. “People want to do something,” said Obbekjær. “Not sit and look at the television, but go out and do something.”

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