Donald Trump’s latest attempt to win over the people of Greenland crashed and burned after the president dispatched Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to the Danish territory as a goodwill ambassador — only to have locals greet him with middle fingers and rejections of his giveaway MAGA merchandise.
According to the New York Times, Landry arrived in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, on Sunday claiming he was on a mission to “make a bunch of friends.” Within hours, the Times reported, he got nothing but cold shoulders and dismissals.
Landry toured the town in cold drizzle, offering free MAGA hats to Greenlandic children, only to be greeted with refusals. He then attempted to sweeten his pitch by telling some kids that if they visited his Louisiana mansion, they could have “all the chocolate chip cookies you can eat.”
Landry’s delegation carried “cardboard boxes stuffed with MAGA hats,” but few residents wanted them, the report said.
As Landry traveled about on Sunday, he was the recipient of “scowls,” with local Hanne Hansen bluntly stating, “They should fix their own country first,” and her friend Vivi Nielsen adding, “They need to get out,” the Times added.
The next day, Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen expressed his country’s firm rejection of American pressure.
“We have our red lines. And no matter how many chocolate cookies we get, we are not going to change them,” Nielsen told Denmark’s public broadcaster DR.
The offer of free MAGA hats was noteworthy in that Greenlandic entrepreneurs have already had success selling red baseball caps reading “Make America Go Away“
Landry’s visit comes as the Trump administration is pursuing aggressive demands on Greenland far beyond Trump’s earlier threats to seize the island. The U.S. is demanding effective veto power over major investment deals to exclude Russia and China, and is pushing to insert a “forever clause” into decades-old military agreements ensuring U.S. troops remain on the island even if Greenland becomes independent, the Times’ Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman reported.
Greenlandic officials were particularly troubled by an American doctor accompanying Landry to assess Greenland’s medical system — one of the top reasons Greenlanders cite for not wanting to join the United States.
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