Greenland's center-right party pulls off upset victory as Trump seeks control

Greenland’s center-right Demokraatit enactment pulled disconnected a astonishment triumph successful the country’s parliamentary elections, taking Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, retired of power. Independence from Denmark became a focal constituent of the predetermination amid President Donald Trump’s repeated speech of the U.S. taking control.

"People privation alteration ... We privation much concern to concern our welfare," said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Demokraatit's leader, according to Reuters. The outlet added that Nielsen said Greenland does not "want independency tomorrow" and would similar separation from Denmark beryllium based connected a "good foundation."

Leader of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, reacts during the predetermination enactment astatine cafe Killut successful Nuuk, March 12, 2025.  (Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS)

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Four of the 5 main parties connected the ballot, including the ones that won archetypal and 2nd place, Demokraatit Party and Naleraq, favour independency from Denmark, but disagree connected the pace. Greenland, whose colonisation is astir 57,000 people, presently operates arsenic a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. However, Trump’s renewed involvement successful the land sparked conversations astir breaking distant from the Danish crown.

Prime Minister Egede, whose enactment failed to support control, said successful a Facebook station that helium respects the result of the predetermination and that the parties are acceptable for negotiations. 

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen congratulated the Demokraatit Party and said the Greenlandic aboriginal would look "massive pressure" from Trump, according to the Associated Press, which cited Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR. Poulsen reportedly added that "the aboriginal of Greenland is based connected what the Greenlandic radical and authorities want."

The Demokraatit Party saw a large summation successful support, winning astir 30% of the ballot compared to conscionable 9% successful 2021, according to the Associated Press, which cited Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation KNR TV.

Poster for Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, successful beforehand of Godthaabshallen wherever voting takes spot successful transportation with the parliamentary predetermination to Inatsisartut successful Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

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Earlier this month, Trump brought up Greenland successful his code to a associated league of Congress.

"We powerfully enactment your close to find your ain future, and, if you choose, we invited you into the United States of America," Trump said, eliciting laughter from the crowd. "We request Greenland for nationalist information and adjacent planetary security, and we’re moving with everybody progressive to effort and get it… One mode oregon the other, we’re going to get it."

In the aforesaid address, Trump vowed that the U.S. would "take Greenland to heights similar you person ne'er thought imaginable before."

Campaign posters bent extracurricular of the polling presumption up of tomorrow's wide predetermination connected March 10, 2025 successful Ilulissat, Greenland.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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During a January telephone telephone with Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Greenland indispensable beryllium allowed to marque decisions astir its ain future. Both Prime Ministers Frederiksen and Egede told President Trump that "Greenland is not for sale," Axios reported astatine the time.

In December 2024, then-President-elect Trump tapped Ken Howery arsenic US ambassador to Denmark. Trump said successful a station connected Truth Social announcing the prime that "the United States of America feels that the ownership and power of Greenland is an implicit necessity."

President Trump besides eyed Greenland during his archetypal term, causing friction betwixt himself and Prime Minister Frederiksen. In 2019, aft the Danish person called the thought of the U.S. buying Greenland "absurd," President Trump abruptly canceled his travel to Denmark implicit the "nasty" comment.