Elections were held in Greenland on Tuesday and the party that is most pro-USA doubled its seats in the legislature/parliament.
The Naleraq party gains are notable, with 24.5% of the vote, worth eight seats, rather than the four it had.
Greenland’s Demokraatit party, a center-right group, tripled its gains and won the parliamentary elections with nearly 30% of the vote, securing 10 of the 31 seats in the parliament, a big increase from the 9% share that it had in 2021.
The Demokraatit party will start coalition talks to form a new government, focusing on domestic priorities such as healthcare, education, and economic development, while maintaining a go-slow approach to achieving full independence from Denmark.
Although Greenland is a long ways from voting to join the United States, the election is definitely showing a change in sentiment. The center-right Demokraatits agrees with Naleraq on strengthening US ties and holding an independence-from-Denmark vote, but the two parties have different timelines on how that should occur.
The incumbent Inuit Ataqatigiit and Siumut parties declined, getting 21.4% and 14.7% of the vote respectively, both taking big losses from the previous election.
President Donald Trump has welcomed Greenland as another US state. It has been a Danish territory since 1953 and was a colony of Denmark before that.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski panned the idea, saying Greenland is “not for sale.” Full statement here.
“As legislators representing Greenland in Denmark and the United States, we see a better path forward. The United States, like Denmark, should recognize that the future will be defined by partnership, not ownership. To ensure our alliance reaches its full potential, Americans must view Greenland as an ally, not an asset. Open for business, but not for sale,” Murkowski said in a joint statement with Aaja Chemnitz, a member of the Greenland parliament, back in January.
Independence is the best for Greenland, until such time, if ever, our current unconstitutional relations between the federal government and the 50 states actually are dealt with.
The federal government now treats states like provinces, not sovereign states whose citizens theoretically own self governance.
Greenland is unique as it literally an Eskimo nation, with lots of resources. Going from Danish dominance and forced assimilation to US dominance, with a history of cultural destruction, forced assimilation and conceited view of “superiority” is going backwards.
If, and only if, Greenlanders overwhelmingly vote to join the US as a state, with provisions to respect their language, hunting and fishing rights, not confiscate lands for “parks” and federal agencies, they might cautiously consider it.
Bottom line, as an independent country they could leverage the best economic trade deals on the global market, retain independence and benefit themselves, not the corporations like Black Rock that buy the politicians and siphon off the wealth here.
Europe is permanently in decline, and we may, or may not reverse our slide down, with a faltering bankrupt Empire, spending trillions to maintain its’ overseas vassal states.
Shut up, Lisa.
Just shut up already, you globalist shill.
Lisa Murkowski does not even represent the State of Alaska the one she says elected her. She has done little to nothing for the State of Alaska. Her voice should not be heard.
China or America will wind up with Greenland, it’s your choice. The Chinese want the minerals, and they are currently there exploring like never before.
The population of Greenland is about 55,000 that population size is hard to classify as a medium sized city, population wise that’s only a little larger than Fairbanks or Juneau. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations had more population when we declared Independence from the crown. I don’t recall hearing President Trump saying he wants to make Greenland a state, likely they’d become a territory like the US Virgin Islands that were also purchased from Denmark and currently have a population about twice that of Greenland.
If you care about this, you probably don’t care that doge found $16 billion in government cuts and trump signed a bill to send israel $16 billion in taxpayer money in the same week.
Isn’t that Greenland’s decision, Princess?
If Trump proposed curing cancer, Princess would oppose it.
She is so broken by him she can’t think.
If one really wants to find the truth, or the reality, of a situation or argument, just assume the opposite of whatever Princess Lisa has to say. As one would with any other Democrat.
The billionaires are the globalists of this era.
Probably turn into a money pit for the USA! We can’t even seem to economically produce Alaska’s vast mineral resources due to a lack of energy and transportation infrastructure, but somehow, we’ll accomplish that in Greenland?
The Democrats would probably immediately turn the entirety of the island of Greenland into one giant national park.
Ice, ice, baby!
Greenland is Pro-USA, not Pro-Trump. The Trump candidate for 1 out of 31 seats received less than1% of the vote
Untrue. They issued a joint statement denouncing Trump’s efforts to take it.