Regardless that many Greenlanders stated they don’t seem to be followers of Mr. Trump, they get pleasure from watching him push Denmark round. In interviews, they expressed confidence that this might finally assist them get a sovereign state of their very own — one thing no different Inuit group has achieved — until America swallows them first.
“Everybody I do know is saying, ‘That is all so hilarious, it’s all so absurd, but it surely’s additionally so good,’” stated Svend Hardenberg, a mining govt and, extra lately, a star in a hot Danish Netflix series that, serendipitously, had a complete season about Greenland.
“There’s going to be lots of people making an attempt to sway us, this fashion or that,” he stated. “So now we now have to determine find out how to do the most effective for ourselves, to essentially see what the U.S. and Denmark can provide.”
“This,” he added, “is our second.”
The Political Query
One afternoon final month in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, Kuno Fencker, a member of Parliament, marched out of a information convention, the frustration displaying on his face. Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B. Egede, had ducked a query about independence, refusing to reply clearly why the federal government shouldn’t push for it now.
Mr. Fencker desires Greenland to start out divorce negotiations with Denmark instantly.
“Why shouldn’t we be part of the worldwide world?” he requested. “Why are we not allowed to grow to be members of the U.N.? Why shouldn’t we be capable of be members of the worldwide organizations concerning our fisheries, whales, all the pieces? Why is it {that a} Danish man or lady in Denmark has to resolve that?”
