{"id":14541,"date":"2025-01-28T23:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:01:33","slug":"big-majority-of-greenlanders-do-not-want-to-be-part-of-us-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=14541","title":{"rendered":"Big majority of Greenlanders do not want to be part of US, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\">Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=176c0208-b953-41c3-b3d8-e31b3e5e6c86&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>An overwhelming majority of Greenlanders have rejected US President Donald Trump, saying they do not want to be bought by America, according to an opinion poll.<\/p>\n<p>The first survey of Greenlanders since Trump renewed his interest in buying the Arctic island found that 85 per cent did not want to leave the Kingdom of Denmark and become part of the US.<\/p>\n<p>Just 6 per cent said they wanted to join the US, while 9 per cent were undecided, in the poll for Greenlandic newspaper <em>Sermitsiaq<\/em> and Danish daily <em>Berlingske<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The survey comprised 497 people and was conducted online over the past week by the research firm Verian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump shouldn\u2019t have Greenland. Greenland is Greenland,\u201d said Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, Denmark\u2019s foreign minister, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s interest in buying Greenland and his refusal to rule out military force or tariffs against Denmark to achieve his aim have thrust the world\u2019s largest non-continental island and its 57,000 inhabitants into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/26b2c424-b163-447b-94a7-ffe5a21f3807\" data-trackable=\"link\">geopolitical spotlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Aa6febd4b-5f27-49d2-b1c6-ae9a597d584c?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Aa6febd4b-5f27-49d2-b1c6-ae9a597d584c?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Aa6febd4b-5f27-49d2-b1c6-ae9a597d584c?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"2289\" height=\"1525\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A8318212c-37c9-4fa5-9568-73d69f931fc9?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A8318212c-37c9-4fa5-9568-73d69f931fc9?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=2 2x\" width=\"1321\" height=\"1321\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Downtown Nuuk: in the Verian poll, 85% of respondents said they did not want to leave the Kingdom of Denmark<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Charlie Bibby\/FT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>M\u00fate Egede, Greenland\u2019s prime minister, has repeatedly insisted the island is not for sale. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be Danish, we don\u2019t want to be American \u2014 we want to be Greenlandic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fe42761e-0bc8-4166-a2dc-25faffc8ea49\" data-trackable=\"link\">he said<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Mette Frederiksen, Denmark\u2019s prime minister, embarked on a whistle-stop tour of European leaders on Tuesday, visiting Germany\u2019s Olaf Scholz, France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron, and the Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p>None mentioned Trump or his threat to seize Greenland publicly, in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/dbb70dc0-0038-4b40-9f5f-f56a867b5eaf\" data-trackable=\"link\">Danish requests for silence<\/a> to avoid offending the US president.<\/p>\n<p>But Frederiksen said at the end of the trip: \u201cbroadly, there is very, very great support for Denmark in this situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"aside-label\" class=\"n-content-recommended--single-story n-content-recommended--inset\" data-component=\"recommended\">\n<p class=\"n-content-recommended__title\">Recommended<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--stacked o-teaser--has-image o-teaser--opinion js-teaser\" data-id=\"6039c95e-889e-4f35-907a-2f217fafb8ea\">\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-container js-teaser-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6039c95e-889e-4f35-907a-2f217fafb8ea\" data-trackable=\"image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-placeholder\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2290\/1288\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-teaser__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2F__origami%2Fservice%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fimages%2Fraw%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%252Fproduction%252F7d559f57-f7de-4ede-810b-7df09e27077e.jpg%3Fsource%3Dnext-article%26fit%3Dscale-down%26quality%3Dhighest%26width%3D700%26dpr%3D1?source=next&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;dpr=2&amp;width=240\" alt=\"A church in southern Greenland\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, France\u2019s foreign minister, said Paris had discussed sending troops to Greenland but that \u201cat this point, it is not Denmark\u2019s wish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Five current and former senior European officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ace02a6f-3307-43f8-aac3-16b6646b60f6\" data-trackable=\"link\">told the Financial Times<\/a> last week that Trump had been aggressive and confrontational in a call with Frederiksen in which he insisted the US still wanted Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, the US president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a935f6dc-d915-4faf-93ef-280200374ce1\" data-trackable=\"link\">said<\/a> America would \u201cget\u201d Greenland. He said of Greenlanders: \u201cI think the people want to be with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denmark and Greenland unveiled a sharp increase in military spending for the Arctic this week, including three new ships and two drones for the island.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A9b634b73-5726-42be-8802-c3e8f068ca9e?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A9b634b73-5726-42be-8802-c3e8f068ca9e?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x\" width=\"1802\" height=\"1201\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F9b634b73-5726-42be-8802-c3e8f068ca9e.jpg?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"1802\" height=\"1201\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland\u2019s foreign minister: \u2018What we need to do is we need to ensure a tomorrow for us in this country\u2019<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Charlie Bibby\/FT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland\u2019s foreign minister, told a press conference in Nuuk that it was important her country could look after itself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we need to do is we need to ensure a tomorrow for us in this country. That is our most important responsibility,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump ridiculed the spending at the weekend saying that \u201ctwo dog sleds\u201d \u2014 trailed by Denmark\u2019s defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen as being part of the package, but not announced this week \u2014 was not enough protection for Greenland. <\/p>\n<p>Greenland\u2019s main military protection comes from a US military base in the far north. Politicians on the island as well as in Denmark have said they are open to America expanding its presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/176c0208-b953-41c3-b3d8-e31b3e5e6c86\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}