'Make America Go Away' red caps become symbol of defiance in Greenland standoff

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Source: Reuters

January 20, 2026 9:25 AM EST Updated 1 hour ago



A protester takes part in a demonstration to show support for Greenland in Copenhagen, Denmark January 17. REUTERS/Tom Little


COPENHAGEN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - One Copenhagen clothing store's tongue-in-cheek take on U.S. President Donald Trump's red baseball caps has become an unlikely symbol of Danish solidarity with Greenland, as protests mount over Trump's demands to buy the vast self-governing territory.

The red caps resemble the "Make America Great Again" caps of Trump's supporters but feature slogans like "Make America Go Away" and "Already Great".

Store co-owner Michael said the caps had languished unsold for months before swiftly gaining popularity. "We only made one hundred to begin with," said Michael, who declined to give his surname. "When it went viral it was very, very popular."

Principal owner Jesper Rabe Tonnesen devised one of the caps' slogans, "Nu det NUUK" - a Danish pun that sounds like "Nu det nok," meaning "Now is enough," but substitutes the "nok" with "Nuuk," the capital of Greenland. "I thought, 'How can you communicate in an easy way while putting your foot down?'," Tonnesen told Reuters, adding that he had distributed 300 caps by cargo bike at a protest held in Copenhagen on Saturday.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/make-america-go-away-red-caps-become-symbol-defiance-greenland-standoff-2026-01-20/

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1. Good for them. Venezuela should do the same.