This article reports on Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s arrival in Greenland to officially open Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday afternoon and will be attended by Governor General Mary Simon and Canada’s Ambassador for the Arctic, Virginia Mearns. The presence of a Canadian icebreaker and the opening of this diplomatic office are being framed as support for Greenland’s territorial rights. These actions follow repeated threats of annexation from U.S. President Donald Trump. A professor from the University of Greenland explains that these threats have frightened many residents. He notes that American offers to buy the territory cannot match the value of Greenland’s current social welfare system.