Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island

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(17 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Nuuk, Greenland - 17 January 2026 1. Wide of people gathering in front of U.S. consulate in Nuuk 2. Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (right), and deputy Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede during protest 3. Pan of people cheering 4. Banner reading (English): "Greenland is not for sale" 5. People chanting "Kalaallit Nunaat" meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" 6. Various of people in front of U.S. consulate 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Malik Dollerup-Scheibel, protester: (Responding to question on reaction to new tariffs proposed by Donald Trump) "I thought this day could not get any worse, but it just did. I'm actually quite more shocked than I was before, because I heard yesterday that he was trying to do it, but now when he's saying the specific countries, just shows he has no remorse for any kind of human being now." 8. Close of Dollerup's hat reading (English): "Make America Go Away" 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Malik Dollerup-Scheibel, protester: "He's just arrogant and a very big bully. He does not care of anything. His way of saying things are just so specific and so disrespectful and hateful that it's just hurting everybody around him." 10. Various of protesters 11. Various of Nielsen during protest, addressing crowd 12. Crowds cheering 13. Banner reading (English): "Greenland is already great" 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Tillie Martinussen, former member of Greenland's parliament: "Well, I mean, a tariff of 25% is nothing against the free world, is it? I think that's the way you have to look at it. This is a fight for freedom, it's for NATO, it is for what everything the Western Hemisphere has been fighting for since World War II." 15. Protesters marching 16. Nielsen marching 17. Various of protesters marching 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Arnakkuluk Jo Kleist, protester: "I don't know whoever will get to do that, but I hope that this focus of taking control of Greenland, total control of Greenland will no longer, that will disappear again. We just want to live in quiet and peace and with each other in this great country. We are the ones who know our country best. We know how to take care of it and we just want the world to know that." 19. Protester with t-shirt reading (English): "Our land not yours" 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaq Brandt, protester: "I don't know what he's thinking and I really don't want to have him being in my head or in my voice at all. He puts so much pressure on us as a people and I think it's surreal and it's unreal to be part of that circus he's doing right now." 21. Various of Nielsen holding Greenlandic flag 22. Crowds cheering 23. Various of protesters singing STORYLINE: Thousands of Greenlanders marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted “Greenland is not for sale” in support of their own self-governance in the face of increasing threats of an American takeover. Just as they finished their trek from the small downtown of Greenland's capital city Nuuk to the U.S. Consulate in rain and near-freezing temperatures, the news broke: Trump, from his golf course in sunny Florida, announced he will charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European countries over their opposition to U.S. control of Greenland. "I thought this day couldn't get any worse but it just did,” a stunned Malik Dollerup-Scheibel said after The Associated Press told him about Trump's announcement. AP video shot by: Kwiyeon Ha Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6edc57c659c84705b1a5d89c450fb748