Surprise win in Greenland election:
Greenlandâs pro-business opposition won 29.9% of the vote in a closely watched parliamentary election, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition. The victorious Demokraatit Party promised a gradual route to independence from Denmark and âmore business to finance our welfareâ. Mr Trump has vowed to make Greenlandâa semi-autonomous regionâpart of America in order to boost his countryâs security.
Source: The world in brief | The Economist
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More details about the election result:
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen congratulated the Demokraatit party and said the future Greenlandic government would likely have to âdeal with massive pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump,â according to DR.
He added that âitâs not the case that you can just take part of the Danish Realm â the future of Greenland is based on what the Greenlandic people and government want,â DR reported.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, meanwhile, called the election âa joyful day and a celebration of democracyâ in a statement Wednesday. She congratulated Demokraatit and said the Danish government would await the results of coalition negotiations.
Seven steps to Greenlandic independence:
Greenlandâs path to independence took a new turn with yesterdayâs parliamentary elections, where parties favoring a gradual approach to sovereignty made significant gains. The center-right Demokraatit Party, which supports measured steps toward...
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PS> Neither Trumpâs offer of riches for all Greenlanders, nor his threat of a takeover by military force gets even a mention in this article.
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Which part of NO¨THANK YOU is it he donât understand?:https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/14/donald-trump-greenland-threats-00231421
Greenland hit back on Friday, with the party leaders calling Trumpâs saber-rattling âunacceptableâ and lambasting his âattempts to create discord.â
We âcannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland,â the leaders of the five parties elected to Greenlandâs parliament wrote, adding it was âunacceptableâ behavior targeted toward an ally.
OK, it is probably âThank youâ since it is words he doesnât use much.
PS> If he hear those words it is probably because somebody try to flatter him and manipulate him.
Never understood why anyone would think the Greenlanders would turn over their sovereignty to the USA.
Would Saudi Arabia with all its wealth turn over its sovereignty to the USA? They got smart a century ago and kicked out their British âadvisorsâ and have done very well for themselves.
Ditto the tiny city-states of Dubai and Qatar.
If Greenland is as rich in natural resources as President Musk says it is, Greenlanders stand to be even richer per-capita than the richest Saudi.
Why would they give that up to be herded onto a reservation?
They threw out the American Oilcos (ARAMCO) by 1980:
It is not likely to hurt US economy, but speaks volumes about the Greenlanderâs attitude towards Trumpâs proposal to make them all millionaires:
A growing movement in Greenland is calling for a boycott of American goods, sparked by U.S. President Donald Trumpâs repeated statements suggesting the U.S. should annex the island. The Greenlandic broadcaster KNR reports that a social media-driven...
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For Some reason they donât trust him on his words, I wonder why?