Greenlanders to vote in election after Trump takeover threats

It’s the wrong way to do foreign policy if you want to get a closer tie with Greenland,

she added

It is a fateful choice we have,

Egede told Danish broadcaster DR

We are getting asked the exact same questions as usual by voters,

she said

Let us be clear: we are soon entering the Arctic Century, and its most defining feature will be Greenland's meteoric rise, sustained prominence and ubiquitous influence,

said Dwayne Menezes, managing director of the Polar Research and Policy Initiative

We deserve to be treated with respect, and I don't think the American president has done that lately since he took office,

Egede said in the interview with DR

The United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future,

Mr. Trump said in a post late Sunday

We need Greenland for national security and even international security. And we're working with everybody involved to try and get it,

Mr. Trump told Congress

Múte Bourup Egedeprime Minister

There is a world order that is faltering on many fronts, and a president of the United States who is very unpredictable, in such a way that makes people feel insecure,

Prime Minister Mute Egede told Danish public radio

Together, we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before,

he promised during the longest joint session address in recorded U.S. history

And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!"

he wrote

It's pretty desperate to make such a statement on the eve of an election in Greenland,

she said

There are some security and defence policy issues where we need to ally ourselves with other countries with which we are already in alliance,

he said

We will continue to keep you safe, as we have since World War II. We are ready to invest billions of dollars to create new jobs and make you rich."

Trump reaffirmed that message in a Truth Social post early on Monday, writing

We need to draw a line in the sand and put more effort into (cultivating relations with) the countries that show us respect for the future we want to build,

said Egede, in comments aired a day before Greenland holds a general election

I think that the recent things the American president has been doing means that people don't want to get as close to (the U.S.) as they might have wanted in the past,

he added

The most important thing for me in this election is that there’s so much talk about independence, but I really want to know: How

said Runa Sværd, a municipal planning chief in Nuuk

The U.S. is here to stay,

Mr. Fencker said

We must be smart and not push for independence at the expense of our people,

said Bo Martinsen, a Demokraatit candidate

If a storm comes in and delays transport, we have to improvise,

said Klaus Georg Hansen, a former election official

This election is a test of where Greenlanders see their future — both in their everyday lives and on the global stage,

Mr. Leander Nielsen said