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12. 85 percent of Greenlanders don't want to be part of US: Survey
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 12:59 PM
Jan 2025

This makes me smile

85 percent of Greenlanders don't want to be part of US: Survey
#Trump

TrumpWatch (@trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue) 2025-01-29T14:13:13.255Z



https://thehill.com/policy/international/5112709-greenland-residents-donald-trump-us-acquisition-survey/

A large majority of residents in Greenland are against President Trump’s wish to acquire the island territory, according to a survey published Wednesday.

The Verian poll, conducted for Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenland’s newspaper Sermitsiaq, found that 85 percent of the Arctic island’s residents do not want to join the U.S. Another 6 percent of respondents said they were in favor of joining, while 9 percent were undecided.

Roughly 45 percent of the island’s residents see Trump’s push to take control as a “threat.” Another 43 percent said they see it as an “opportunity,” while 13 percent were undecided, according to the survey.

Trump has argued that the U.S. acquiring Greenland is paramount for national defense and that Denmark will eventually “come along” on the potential sale of the autonomous territory. He did not rule out using military force to get it done.

Both Denmark and Greenland’s leadership have repeatedly asserted that the island, which is rich in rare earth minerals, is not for sale.

“We don’t want to be Danes,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede previously said. “We don’t even want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlanders.”


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