On a cold northern island, a mantra rises: 'Greenland is not for sale'
2 weeks, 6 days ago

On a cold northern island, a mantra rises: 'Greenland is not for sale'

New Indian Express  

NUUK: On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign. "My concern," says the 23-year-old hunter, fisher and tour company owner, "is that Trump will come and take Greenland." He then repeats what has become a mantra for Greenlanders in the weeks since US President Donald Trump pushed their Arctic homeland into the spotlight by threatening to take it over. It's a rising argument about a strategic location You'll hear this declared all over the land, from the prime minister and university students in Nuuk, the world's northernmost capital, to hunters and fishermen in sparsely populated villages across the planet's largest island. Many in this semi-autonomous territory are worried and offended by Trump's threats to seize control of their mineral-rich homeland, even by force, because he says the US needs it "for national security."

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1 week, 3 days ago
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