Iqaluit MLAs raise Greenland flag as U.S….


Members of Nunavut’s Legislative Assembly raised Greenland’s flag Tuesday in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Dozens of people attended the afternoon flag-raising event in downtown Iqaluit, including the territory’s premier and Speaker, the representative of the Danish consulate in Iqaluit, and Greenlanders living in Nunavut.

Nunavut Speaker David Joanasie says Nunavut’s Inuit have close ties with Inuit who make up a large portion of Greenland’s population.

“For the people of Greenland that are living here in Iqaluit or in Nunavut, we are thinking of you, we are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,” Joanasie said in Inuktitut.

Trump posted an AI-generated photo on Tuesday morning depicting him in a meeting in the Oval Office with European leaders alongside a map of the Western Hemisphere that shows American flags over Greenland, Canada, Cuba and Venezuela.



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