U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019. People thought it was a joke at the time. But no one is laughing now.
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.
Greenland is having a moment in the international spotlight. U.S. President Donald Trump has been maneuvering to gain control of the mineral-rich Arctic territory that most people know only as a huge icy island at the top of the world.
Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit, having survived and thrived in ... Press after a recent Sunday service in the capital city, Nuuk, where slippery ice covered the city’s streets.
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In his first term in office, Trump began to talk about acquiring Greenland from Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally. Back in 2019, most dismissed it.