Greenlanders intervened to stop a man who tried to raise a US flag in Nuuk, with Denmark's TV2 news showing video of the incident in the island's capital city. As translated by Google:
A person attempted to raise the American flag in Nuuk on Wednesday, the Greenland Police confirmed to TV 2. The police are still investigating the case, and everything went smoothly as people at the scene stopped the perpetrator before he could raise the flag. Officers only arrived at the scene, which was at a cultural center in Nuuk, later.
There's no official word on the identity or motive of the man, though Cecilie Kallestrup with Danish Broadcasting Corporation posted that it's a "German comedian trying to be funny."
Dagens adds that the attempt would have been noticed "because the raising of foreign national flags outside official diplomatic or ceremonial contexts is uncommon in Nuuk."
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take Greenland, part of Denmark, by military or financial force, offering a variety of shifting reasons centering on military security, access to valuable minerals and being denied a Nobel Peace Prize. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, he publicly backed off those threats, instead announcing a typically TACO-esque "deal" that was always on offer anyway. Locals are overwhelmingly opposed to the U.S. taking control of Greenland, and the crisis has dampened their taste for independence.
Previously:
• European troops deploy to Greenland as Trump's annexation threats intensify
• Scientists research how Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years
• Behind Trump's Greenland obsession: tech billionaire mineral hunger
• 'That's enough now… no more fantasies': Greenland's prime minister responds to Trump
• Trump repeatedly confuses Iceland and Greenland during Davos speech
