Amid United States President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over Greenland, voters in the self-ruling Danish territory will elect 31 members of its legislature, the Inatsisartut, as they do every four years.
Most of the 56,000 people who live on the island don’t want to be under the control of Denmark or President Trump – but we must seek consensus and plan carefully before any referendum, writes Aka Hansen.
Foreign influencers, disinformation, geopolitical ruptures and the potential takeover of a whole region: next week's parliamentary election in Greenland will take place under unusual scrutiny.
Greenlanders have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could take over their Arctic homeland.
Greenlanders have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could take over their Arctic homeland.
US President Donald Trump has declared that America will acquire Greenland "one way or another" during his first address to Congress. Trump made a direct appeal to Greenlanders, saying: "We strongly support your right to determine your own future.
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Jorgen Boassen, Trump's Greenlandic 'son'
"This is daddy," says Jorgen Boassen as he points to a painting of Donald Trump dressed as an Inuit, professing a spiritual connection even though the US president may quash his dream of an independent Greenland.