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What approach to independence will win the day will ultimately depend on if Demokraatit decides to form a coalition government, and if so, with which party,
said Dwayne Menezes, managing director of the Polar Research and Policy Initiative
We need to draw a line in the sand and spend more effort on those countries that show us respect for the future we want to draw."
But Egede said
It is a question of making small tweaks and introducing some elements of a market economy into the system, rather than drop a nuclear bomb that turns Greenland into Alaska,
said Ulrik Pram Gad, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies
This is very upsetting and unsettling to Denmark because Greenland has been part of their kingdom, but, like I said before, Denmark can't afford to develop or defend Greenland,
Sands saidIf you add up the election result, voters were driven by business development and independence. And that's good news for Trump,
said Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a professor in political science at the University of CopenhagenIn difficult times we must stick together,
he told Danish broadcasters DR and TV2.The question of independence was put on steroids by Trump. It has put a lid on everyday issues."
Masaana Egede, editor of the Sermitsiaq, a national newspaper in Greenland, told the Reuters news agency.jpg)
The Danish government will await the results of the negotiations that will now take place in Greenland,
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statementAn independent Greenland would be free to pursue a defense pact with the U.S. and could pursue “free association” status, whereby we would get U.S. support and protection in return for military rights, without becoming a U.S. territory.”
In an op-ed for U.S. News & World Report earlier this week, the pro-independence leader wrote ... Broberg
We don't trust Donald Trump at all,
said Erik Jensen, leader of the Siumut party, which was part of the ruling coalition ahead of the voteNo other leader in Denmark or the EU has expressed such strong support for Greenlandic independence.”
Broberg praised Trump’s mention of Greenland in his recent address to Congress, and said.jpg)
I hope it sends a clear message to him that we are not for sale…We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders. And we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own country by ourselves, not with his hope.”
On Tuesday, Nielsen was asked by Sky News what message the parliamentary election might send to Trump, and he saidThe things that are happening in the world right now worry me quite a lot,
he said[China] tried to bring [Greenland] into their Belt and Road Initiative, and Chinese and Russian ships are all around Greenland and subs,
she said