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The Case for Greenlandic Independence

The island holds strategic and economic value for the United States, but annexation isn’t necessary.
Little Inuit village Tinit (Tiilerilaaq) at the shore of the Sermilik (Sermiligaaq) icefjord in the area Ammassalik in East Greenland. North America, Greenland, Ammassalik, Danish territory, autumn
Little Inuit village Tinit at the shore of the Sermilik (Sermiligaaq) ice fjord in East Greenland. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

When Donald Trump first threw out the idea of buying Greenland during his first term in 2019, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called it an “absurd discussion” and it seemed as though few disagreed with her. Now Trump is about to resume power and appears to be serious about acquiring the North Atlantic territory.

John Gustavsson is a Swedish conservative writer with a Ph.D. in economics, with past experience as a policy adviser and researcher in the European Parliament.

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