Jørgen Boassen, a 52-year-old Greenlandic construction worker and outspoken Trump supporter, told The Wall Street Journal he was the unlikely spark behind the president’s sudden weekend declaration that America would send floating medical facilities to the Arctic island.

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Young people with placards reading "Greenland is not for sale!" take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against the U.S. President's plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland, near the U.S. Consulate to Greenland.