Opening of Expanded US Diplomatic Hub in Greenland Met With Protests

Protestors with placards that read USA and ASU (Stop It in Greenlandic) as they demonstrate against the new American consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on May 21, 2026. Oscar Scott Carl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesThe opening of an expanded United States diplomatic hub in Greenland on May 21 was met with protests from those wary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions for greater ​influence over the mineral-rich Arctic island.Washington’s new and larger consulate in the island’s capital, Nuuk, has become a focal point for Greenlanders opposed to Trump’s stated ​desire to control the island, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.