Greenlanders reject Trump's new threat to take control of the island

Greenlanders participating in a traditional kayaking championship in Nuuk rejected, this Wednesday (8), the threat from the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to take control of the Arctic island, stating that its future should be decided by the Greenlanders themselves.

In a speech during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump this week renewed his demand to gain control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, arguing that it was important to U.S. national security.

At the kayaking championship in Nuuk harbor, spectators said Trump was focused on the island's natural resources rather than the desires of its people.

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"All he thinks about is commodities and oil," said Frederik Larsen, 72, a Greenland-born retiree. "I think we can manage without him."

Public school teacher Birgithe Geisler, 60, said that Greenland belonged to the Greenlanders. "No one else should decide for us," she said.

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Hans David Ezekiassen, an instructor at the Greenland Maritime Center, was more direct. "I think it's rubbish, to say the least," he said. "He can't even control his own country, so why does he have to try to dominate other countries?"

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Andy Thon, 49, an American engineer and member of Qajaq USA who participates in the championship and is visiting, said that Greenland is already on the path towards greater autonomy from Denmark.

"Together with Denmark, they are moving towards full autonomy, and the US would not need Greenland as a strategic point if it were acting in good faith with our allies," he said.

Trump's statements generated new negative reactions from Danish and Greenlandic leaders. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Wednesday that repeated calls to seize the island did not change the fact that Greenland is not for sale.

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Source: CNN