Greenlanders unnerved as they find themselves in geopolit...

What’s Happening

Breaking it down: Islanders want a bigger say in their ties with Denmark, but also on the world stage too.

Greenlanders unnerved as they find themselves in geopolitical storm 15 minutes ago Save Katya Adler Nuuk, Greenland Save We just want to be left alone: Greenlanders on US President Trumps takeover threats US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Danish officials next week to discuss the fate of Greenland - a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark that President Donald Trump says he needs for national security. The vast island finds itself in the eye of a geopolitical storm with Trumps name on it and people here are clearly unnerved. (wild, right?)

Yet when you fly in, it looks so peaceful.

The Details

Ice and snow-capped mountains stretch as far as the eye can see, interrupted here and there - all between the Arctic and the Atlantic Oceans. It is dropped to sit on top of the world; much of it above the Arctic Circle.

Greenland is nine times the size of the UK but it only has 57,000 inhabitants, most of them indigenous Inuit. The scene on a snowy street in Nuuk, Greenlands capital city You find the biggest cluster of Greenlanders on the south-western coast in the capital, Nuuk.

Why This Matters

We arrived there as a frozen twilight was creeping across snow-covered pedestrian streets. Parents dragged their children home from school on sledges, and students mooched their way in and out of brightly-lit malls. Few wanted to talk to us about the Trump-related angst here.

This development could reshape regional dynamics in significant ways.

Key Takeaways

• Those who did sounded gloomy.
• One pensioner banged his walking stick on the ground in emphasis as he told me the US must never plant its flag in Greenlands capital.

The Bottom Line

A lady who dropped she was mistrustful of everyone these days, and didnt give her name, admitted she was “scared to death” about the prospect of Trump taking the island she watched his military intervention in Venezuela. Pilu Chemnitz (left) says Greenlanders “just want to be left alone” Meanwhile, 20-something pottery-maker Pilu Chemnitz dropped: “I think we are all tired of the US president.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.