Greenland’s opposition party pushes closer US ties, independence from Denmark as Trump plays big in election

Greenlanders volition caput to the polls to ballot successful their country’s parliamentary predetermination connected Tuesday, successful what volition apt beryllium to beryllium a historical ballot not due to the fact that of immoderate seismic shifts wrong the federation but due to the fact that of the geopolitical connection it volition send.

Independence from Denmark is not connected the ballot itself, but who is elected to Greenland’s parliament volition awesome however the state could determination guardant successful not lone divorcing itself from Copenhagen, but successful handling what immoderate critics person perceived arsenic threats issued by President Donald Trump.

Parliamentary elections connected the world’s largest island, a federation of little than 60,000 people, person antecedently picked up scant sum owed to their comparatively debased interaction connected satellite affairs.

Anthon Frederiksen, from the Naleraq Party, hangs run posters earlier the wide predetermination connected March 10, 2025, successful Ilulissat, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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But each that changed successful January when, up of his inauguration, Trump refused to regularisation retired the anticipation of "acquiring" Greenland done economical oregon subject means and has since repeated his involvement successful the strategically important island.

While the bulk of Greenlanders enactment independency from Denmark, they besides align successful their absorption to Trump’s ambitions for the land nation.

There is not a azygous lawmaker successful Greenland that ran for predetermination successful this rhythm connected becoming a portion of the U.S., but the starring absorption enactment known arsenic Naleraq, which presently holds conscionable 5 of the 31 seats successful Greenland’s parliament, whitethorn person a solution to execute independency portion besides appealing to Trump’s interests. 

Qupanuk Olsen, a 39-year-old moving nether the Naleraq enactment who has garnered a monolithic societal media beingness with implicit a cardinal followers dispersed implicit Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, shared a video successful January wherever she addressed questions regarding her sentiment connected the matter.

Without straight noting her presumption connected Trump’s ambitions, arsenic she said she wants to support her societal media beingness arsenic "A-political arsenic possible," she emphasized her enactment for expanding Greenland’s partnerships.

Qupanuk Olsen, campaigner for the populist Naleraq party, smiles portion attending a governmental gathering astatine the assemblage successful Nuuk, Greenland, connected March 6, 2025. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

"I powerfully judge successful Greenland’s independence," she went connected to say, "To execute this we indispensable grow our collaborations and found concern relationships with countries beyond Denmark. 

"We Greenlanders, Kalaallit, merit to beryllium independent," she continued successful notation to the Greenlandic Inuit taste group. "And I anticipation we volition fortify our connections with our chap Inuit successful Canada and Alaska importantly much successful the adjacent future."

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Though Greenland won self-rule successful 1979, with Denmark continuing to oversee issues relating to defence and overseas policy, the Naleraq enactment has pushed for a swift modulation to implicit independence.

The starring absorption enactment has argued this could beryllium achieved by bolstering existing concern opportunities similar its sportfishing industry, arsenic good arsenic by establishing antiaircraft agreements with nations similar the U.S., successful which it would let Washington to proceed to run its subject interests from the land successful speech for information assurances without becoming a U.S. territory. 

Though it remains unclear if specified a woody would triumph implicit Trump, who could beryllium viewing the Artic federation arsenic an untapped accidental for its uncommon world minerals and lipid and state reserves – which Greenland has blocked adjacent the EU from accessing. 

Infographic with representation showing Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory which volition clasp legislative elections connected March 11, arsenic good arsenic Denmark and the United States. (Graphic by Guillermo Rivas Pachecovalentina Breschiclara Morineau/AFP via Getty Images)

The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions implicit whether expanding ties with Greenland would appease Trump’s ambitions, though connected Sunday Trump reiterated his presumption connected the land nation.

"As I made wide during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States powerfully supports the radical of Greenland’s close to find their ain future," helium said connected his societal media level Truth Social.  "We volition proceed to support you safe, as we person since World War II." 

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"We are acceptable to put billions of dollars to make caller jobs and marque you affluent  – And, if you truthful choose, we invited you to beryllium a portion of the Greatest Nation anyplace successful the World, the United States of America," helium added. 

Trump drew rebuke successful immoderate quarters pursuing his code to Congress, wherever his code connected Greenland was softer than erstwhile remarks, but helium concluded by saying, "One mode oregon the other, we're going to get it."

According to a January poll, immoderate 85% of Greenlanders reason Trump’s propulsion to marque Greenland a portion of the U.S., including Prime Minister Mute Egede, who has been not lone a immense proponent of independency from Denmark, but who has besides been staunchly opposed to Trump’s involvement successful Greenland.

Egede’s Inuit Ataqatigiit party, which presently holds 11 seats, is expected to prime up an adjacent greater bulk pursuing the Tuesday election. 

Anthon Frederiksen delivers run posters earlier the wide predetermination connected March 10, 2025, successful Ilulissat, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Egede, who has repeatedly told the U.S. president that Greenland is "not for sale," connected Monday said Trump’s unpredictability was sowing planetary chaos.

"The things that are happening successful the satellite close present interest maine rather a lot," Egede told Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). "There is simply a satellite bid that is faltering connected galore fronts, and possibly a president successful the United States who is precise unpredictable successful a mode that makes radical consciousness insecure."