Greenland is within the eye of an intense diplomatic storm, not that you’d comprehend it being right here.
The mom of all diplomatic row is erupting over Donald Trump‘s renewed claims on the place.
A joint assertion by European leaders marks a unprecedented second and a brand new nadir in transatlantic relations.
It warns President Trump in as many phrases to again off.
“Greenland belongs to its individuals,” it says. “It’s for Denmark and Greenland, and them solely, to resolve on issues regarding Denmark and Greenland.”
Greenlanders are taking it of their stride. They’re getting used to Donald Trump’s advances on their nation. A really small minority welcomes them.
Jorgen Boassen
We spoke to one in every of their leaders, Jorgen Boassen – en path to Greenland’s capital Nuuk – in Copenhagen.
He’s in little doubt Trump will take Greenland and says he’ll welcome it.
“He’ll come. He has determined, . No person can change his thoughts, I do know. I can really feel that. However I feel it is not dangerous. It is a new alternative for us.”
The overwhelming majority of islanders, although, reject Trump’s try to annex their land, say opinion polls.
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Greenland‘s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, gained energy in final yr’s elections, campaigning for independence sooner or later sooner or later, from Denmark and definitely from the US.
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Over the weekend, he launched an announcement condemning the American president.
“That is sufficient now,” wrote Mr Nielsen.
“No extra stress. No extra insinuations. No extra fantasies of annexation.”
Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen has not minced her phrases. An American transfer on Greenland can be a NATO member nation attacking the opposite, successfully the tip of the alliance.
However Donald Trump has not proven a lot respect for that alliance, and taking Greenland could be laborious to withstand, regardless of the disastrous impression on transatlantic relations.
If he despatched in armed forces, there can be little stopping them, no matter worldwide outrage.
There’s a sense right here that he could now go forward and do it.
