Summary

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte B. Egede stated that Greenlanders want independence and neither want to be Danes nor Americans, following Donald Trump’s comments about acquiring the territory for strategic reasons.

Trump suggested using force or economic pressure, alarming Denmark and Europe.

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen reaffirmed Greenland’s sovereignty, stating “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”

The US sees Greenland as key in Arctic geopolitics, given its resources and location, but Egede stressed Greenland’s identity as distinct from Denmark, the US, or NATO politics.

  • cyd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    12 hours ago

    How long will an independent Greenland possibly last if the US intends to swallow it up? All it takes is for the American establishment to whip themselves into a bipartisan frenzy over “national security”, then the population follows like sheep, then it’s game over.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      speak for yourself.

      we can barely take care of ourselves here. Americans with more than one braincell don’t want Greenland. They just want fucking jobs that pay well enough to not be wage slaves.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Greenland won’t declare independence before it is ready to do so, and it’s very likely that when they do it they will do it after or at the same time as re-joining the EU.

      The Greenland independence sentiment is of the “we’re our own nation, we should build ourselves up and stand on our own among fellow nations” kind, not the “the Danes are terrible we need to get away from them as fast as possible” one.

      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Would they even be able to join the EU if they aren’t part of Denmark? They aren’t exactly in Europe. That would be like Canada applying to join. I guess it’s pretty close to Iceland which is in europe but still seems off.