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Iqaluit MLAs raise Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat

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

'We are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,' Nunavut MLA says

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David Joanasie, Speaker of Nunavut’s Legislative Assembly, helps raise the flag of Greenland flag outside the legislature in Iqaluit on Tuesday. (Dustin Patar/The Canadian Press)

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.

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Dozens of people attended the afternoon flag-raising event in downtown Iqaluit on Tuesday. (Dustin Patar/The Canadian Press)

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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Nunavut Premier John Main, left, poses for a photo alongside Navarana Beveridge, Denmark’s honorary consul in Iqaluit, centre, and David Joanasie, Speaker of Nunavut’s Legislative Assembly, after the flag of Greenland was raised outside the legislature in Iqaluit on Tuesday. (Dustin Patar/The Canadian Press)

Trump has also threatened to impose new tariffs on eight European nations for refusing to support his Greenland takeover.

Dozens marched in Iqaluit Saturday in support of Greenland at the same time as protests against Trump flooded the streets of the island's capital, Nuuk.

With files from Caitlin Joanas

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