{"id":2412241,"date":"2025-03-11T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-looms-over-greenland-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T05:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:06:36","slug":"trump-looms-over-greenland-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-looms-over-greenland-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump looms over Greenland election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-looms-over-greenland-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412241&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Greenland is preparing \u200cfor a crucial election on Tuesday, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">garnered international attention largely due<\/a>\u2062 to U.S.President Donald \u200dTrump\u2019s interest in acquiring \u2063the island. Voters \u2063will select \u200crepresentatives \u2062for Greenland&#8217;s parliament,the Inatsisartut,in a\u2062 country \u2064that has been under Danish rule but gained self-governance\u200c in 1979. Although Denmark\u200c maintains control over defense and\u200d foreign policies, there is a growing sentiment in Greenland for\u200b increased\u200c independence,\u200c though\u2063 the election will \u2063not\u200c specifically address the \u2064issue\u2062 of full independence.<\/p>\n<p>With around 56,000 residents, Greenland&#8217;s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">political landscape<\/a> is complex as major parties support \u200bindependence but differ on the timing and nature of future relations with Denmark and\u200c the U.S.\u2063 Despite\u200c Trump&#8217;s focus on \u2063acquiring \u2063Greenland,local \u200cissues dominate\u2062 the\u2063 voters&#8217; concerns,and there is minimal\u200d support for joining the U.S. \u2062Prime Minister M\u00fate Egede\u200d emphasizes the importance of advancing\u2063 Greenlandic autonomy, asserting, \u201cWe don&#8217;t want to be Americans, \u2064nor Danes; We are Kalaallit \u200b(Greenlanders).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenland&#8217;s strategic location\u2064 and its rich natural resources make it a focal point of \u2064interest for various nations, including \u2063the U.S., \u2064which has not ruled\u2062 out military \u2063measures for acquisition. \u2063The \u2062election could influence future discussions regarding independence and international relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump looms over Greenland election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2030167\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Greenland<\/a> are set to vote on Tuesday in what may be their most internationally-watched election, given President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> frequent overtures toward acquiring the island.<\/p>\n<p>Voters will elect the 31 representatives to Greenland&rsquo;s parliament, known as the Inatsisartut. The country, which gained self-rule in 1979, remains a Danish territory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3342878\/elon-musk-mark-kelly-traitor-ukraine-visit\/\">Musk calls Mark Kelly a &#8216;traitor&#8217; after visit to Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3342348\/cracks-appear-trump-israel-ceasefire-negotiations\/\">Cracks appear between Trump and Israel in ceasefire negotiations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3342243\/romanian-elections-bans-georgescu-running-for-president\/\">Romanian elections bureau bans Calin Georgescu from running for president again<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Denmark still controls defense and foreign policy for Greenland, which has a population of around 56,000, though Prime Minister M&uacute;te Egede said in his annual New Year&rsquo;s address that Greenland needed greater independence.<\/p>\n<p>Independence from Denmark will not be on the ballot on Tuesday, but the results could set the stage for a future referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Most major political parties support Greenland&rsquo;s independence from Denmark. However, they disagree on how and when that should happen and how the country&rsquo;s relations with Denmark and the United States should progress.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/explainer-greenland-elections-what-to-know-about-arctic-island-s-crucial-vote\/3505219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">According to<\/a> the Anadolu Agency, Egede&rsquo;s party holds 12 seats, its coalition partner, Erik Jensen&rsquo;s social democratic Siumut party, controls 10 seats, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">opposition parties<\/a> hold the remaining nine seats<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the president&rsquo;s efforts, local issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/world\/europe\/trump-greenland-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appear<\/a> to be at the top of Greenlanders&rsquo; minds. No major politicians have endorsed the idea of joining the U.S., though some, like Kuno Fencker, a member of one of the opposition parties, have said they should establish close ties. Fencker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KunoFencker\/status\/1881494962824729008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">traveled<\/a> to Washington for Trump&rsquo;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like other countries in the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation, which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism, and move forward,&rdquo; Egede, the leader of the democratic socialist Inuit Ataqatigiit party, said in a January address.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, for his part, has expressed a desire to acquire the island for national security purposes since his first term as president. He reiterated his desire for Greenland to join the U.S. during his address to Congress last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need Greenland for national security and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-peacekeepers-killed-in-central-african-republic-before-election\/\" title=\"U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before ...\">international security<\/a>, and we&rsquo;re working with everybody involved to try and get it,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;But we need it really for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greenland-pm-rebuffs-trumps-latest-pitch-to-join-us-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... PM rebuffs ...s latest pitch to join US - Washington Examiner\">international world security<\/a>, and I think we&rsquo;re going to get it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Egede wrote on social media in response, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to be Americans, nor Danes; We are Kalaallit (Greenlanders).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3338534\/greenland-scoff-trump-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GREENLAND PM SCOFFS AT TRUMP ADDRESS: &lsquo;WE DO NOT WANT TO BE AMERICANS&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greenland is coveted both for its location near the Arctic Circle as well as its strategic sea lands that transit between North America and Europe and for its rich oil and gas natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. president declined to rule out attempting to acquire the island by military force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2030167\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2030167\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s influence casts a shadow over Greenland&#8217;s election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2412242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25007643022453.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3728,47289,3634],"class_list":["post-2412241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election","tag-greenland","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25007643022453.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412245,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412241\/revisions\/2412245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}