00:00Welcome back. Over in Greenland, hundreds of people have gathered outside the new U.S. consulate in the capital nook
00:06to protest against President Donald Trump's call for greater influence over the island.
00:11Locals have nicknamed the building Trump Towers as the new consulate marks a major expansion of U.S. diplomatic presence
00:18in the territory at a sensitive moment in bilateral relations.
00:23The new 3,000-square-meter building replaces a former wooden structure and now occupies a prominent location in downtown
00:31Nook.
00:32Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederick Nielsen declined to attend the inauguration, and no cabinet ministers were present.
00:38Earlier this week, U.S. Special Envoy Jeff Landry visited Greenland as part of efforts to ease diplomatic tensions following
00:46Trump's earlier calls for greater U.S. control over the territory.
00:49But Landry, a close ally of Trump and current governor of Louisiana, also sparked controversy after arriving without an official
00:57invitation, amid ongoing high-level discussions over future U.S.-Greenland relations.
01:03His three-day trip included meetings with current and former foreign ministry officials and local business leaders, which the White
01:09House said was aimed at strengthening economic and diplomatic ties.
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