President Donald Trump keeps insisting that the US “needs” to take over Greenland, which is controlled by Denmark. On Saturday, Trump said he was ready to impose new tariffs on eight European countries over their support for Denmark. Meanwhile, there were big protests in both Denmark and Greenland, denouncing US threats to seize the territory. The World’s Joshua Coe is based in the Danish city of Aarhus.
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