COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark’s capital on Saturday to protest against US President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland.

The protest followed Trump’s warning on Friday that he might impose tariffs on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.

However, a delegation from the US Congress held talks with Greenlandic and Danish politicians in Copenhagen on Saturday, determined to make it clear that many Americans oppose Trump’s stance.

The protesters waved the flags of Denmark and Greenland as they gathered outside Copenhagen city hall, chanting “Kalaallit Nunaat!” — the vast Arctic island’s name in Greenlandic.

Others held aloft the slogan “Make America Go Away” — a riff on Trump’s MAGA brand — and “USA already has too much ICE,” referring to Trump’s deployment of armed immigration officers in US cities.

Thousands of people had pledged on social media to participate in the marches and rallies in Copenhagen, as well as in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk.

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