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Greenlanders offer Trump envoy the universally understood finger gesture for “no to annexation”

Jason Weisberger
May 19, 2026
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In what appears to have been a pilot program for “colonialism, but make it weirdly condescending,” Trump emissary Jeff Landry reportedly tried to win over Greenlanders with MAGA merch and cookie promises, receiving in return a remarkably clear statement of local sovereignty.

Donald Trump’s latest attempt to win over the people of Greenland crashed an…

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