A tongue-in-cheek take on the US president’s red baseball caps, donald trumpcreated by a Copenhagen clothing store, has become an unlikely symbol of Danish solidarity with Greenland, as protests grow over the republican’s demands to buy the vast autonomous territory.
The red caps look like those of “Make America Great Again” of Trump supporters, but they carry slogans like “Make America Go Away” and “Already Great.”
A co-owner of the store said the caps had been unsold for months before quickly gaining popularity. “We only did 100 at first,” said Michael, who did not want to give his last name. “When it went viral it was very, very popular.”
The main owner, Jesper Rabe Tonnesen, came up with one of the caps’ slogans, “Nu det NUUK”a Danish pun that sounds like “Nu det nok,” meaning “Now is enough,” but replaces the “nok” with “Nuuk,” the capital of Greenland.
“I thought, ‘How can you communicate easily and at the same time stand firm?'” Tonnesen told Reuters, adding that he had distributed 300 caps by bicycle at a protest in Copenhagen on Saturday.
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Tens of thousands of people rallied in Copenhagen and Nuuk over the weekend chanting “Greenland is not for sale” and marched on US embassies, many wearing protest caps.
Trump claims that Greenland is vital to the security of the United States due to its strategic location and mineral deposits, and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island. Their threats have unleashed a diplomatic crisis between NATO allies.
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“People want to go out there with a message. We are fed up, sad and tired,” Tonnesen said.
