Greenland embraces the new MAGA hat: ‘Make America Go Away’
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An estimated 10,000 Danes gathered at Copenhagen’s City Hall Square to push back against Trump’s threats, with many people in the crowd donning parody hats mimicking Trump’s signature, bright-red MAGA cap that instead reads “Make America Go Away.”
The caps also read “Nu det NUUK,” a play on Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, and means “Now it’s enough.” On the side of the cap is the Greenland flag and the country’s own spin on the MAGA slogan.ay.
The caps have become so popular they’re reportedly sold out in Denmark.
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Some of the demonstrators expressed fears over speaking out against Trump, worrying they may be barred from visiting the United States as a result. But others said they have no interest in visiting until Trump leaves office.
“I won’t go there until he’s out,” Kristensen added, according to NBC News.
Another demonstrator, Almond, 57, told NBC that he had never protested before but felt he had “to do something.”
“I’ve actually never done this before, demonstrating, but this is very important to me,” he said.
Thousands of Greenlanders trekked through snow in Nuuk Saturday to show support for their own self-governance, but just as they finished, Trump announced plans to charge a 10 percent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European countries that oppose his plans to take control of Greenland.
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