INDEPENDENCE NOW OR LATER?
Some, such because the nationalist Naleraq social gathering, the primary opposition faction, wish to search independence shortly.
Others want to attend till the island is financially impartial, resembling the 2 events who make up the outgoing coalition, the left-green Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) and social democratic Siumut.
The island, lined 80 per cent by ice, is determined by its fisheries sector, which accounts for nearly all of its exports, and annual Danish subsidies of greater than US$565 million, equal to a fifth of its GDP.
Essentially the most impatient independence backers imagine Greenland will quickly be capable to stand by itself due to untapped mineral reserves, together with uncommon earths essential to the inexperienced transition.
However the mining sector remains to be in its embryonic phases, hampered by excessive prices because of Greenland’s harsh local weather and lack of infrastructure.
Trump floated the concept of shopping for Greenland throughout his first mandate, in a bid swiftly rejected by Danish and Greenlandic authorities.
Again within the White Home, he has circled again on the ambition with better fervour, refusing to rule out the usage of power and invoking US nationwide safety.
Late on Sunday, Trump invited Greenlanders “to be part of the Best Nation wherever within the World, the USA of America”. He promised in a submit on his social community Fact Social to make them “wealthy”.
The latest polling on the problem, printed in January, reveals 85 per cent of Greenlanders are against Trump’s thought.
“We do not wish to be American. He’s so boastful,” 58-year-old Rene Olsen, a ship repairman, advised AFP on Monday.
But the statements by Trump – whom Prime Minister Egede has described as “unpredictable” – despatched a jolt via the election marketing campaign.
Naleraq’s nationalists say his remarks have given them leverage forward of independence negotiations with Denmark.
However Trump’s remarks have additionally chilled some independence supporters, making continued ties with Copenhagen extra engaging to them.
