Greenland’s political leaders, on Jan. 9, pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of a territorial takeover, saying that the fate of the island must be decided by its native inhabitants.
“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and leaders of Greenland’s other political parties wrote on Friday.
At present, Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Signing onto the Friday press statement were Naleraq party leader Pele Broberg, Inuit Ataqatigiit party leader Múte B. Egede, Siumut party leader Aleka Hammond, and Atassut party leader Aqqalu Jeremiassen. Nielsen leads the island’s Demokraatit party….
Greenland’s Political Leaders Rebuff Trump’s Takeover Talk
