Greenlanders attending a traditional kayaking championship in Nuuk on Wednesday rejected the latest appeal from the US president Donald Trump in favor of US control over the Arctic island, believing that its future should be decided by the Greenlanders themselves.
At the NATO summit in Ankara this week, Donald Trump once again advocated for a takeover of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The US president justified this position by asserting that the island is of strategic importance to US national security.
In Nuuk, where the traditional kayaking championships were being held, spectators expressed their opposition to the idea. Many felt that Donald Trump was more interested in Greenland's vast natural resources than in the aspirations of its people.
"He only thinks about raw materials and oil. I think we can do without him," said Frederik Larsen, a 72-year-old Greenland-born retiree, interviewed by Reuters on the sidelines of the event.
Greenland, rich in mineral resources and located in a strategic region of the Arctic, has been the object of growing interest from major powers for several years. Despite repeated statements by Donald Trump, Greenlandic leaders have always maintained that the island is not for sale and that its future depends solely on the will of its inhabitants.
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