Subject: Greenland election was influenced by Trump
But probably not the way that he wanted.

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Jens Fredirik Nielsen served on the Council as Minister of Industry and Business and Mineral Resources. And when he wasn’t playing in competitive international badminton tournaments, he founded the Greenlandic center-right Demokraatit Party, which just came in first place in Tuesday’s elections.

This was a big surprise and upset, because Greenland’s ruling United Inuit party was favored but came in third. The very pro-indepenece Naleraq Party finished in second. But the previously minor Demokraatit Party won in part because Trump’s statement in his speech on March 4 to a Joint Session of Congress that America needs Greenland “for national security and even international security” and “One way or the other, we’re going to get it” upended traditional Greenlandic politics.

The result should send a clear message to Trump that Greenland is not for sale, Demokraatit leader Jens-Friederik Nielsen told Sky News.

“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders. And we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own country by ourselves, not with his hope,” he said.

Five of the six major parties that competed in the election favor independence from Denmark, and that was a preexisting sentiment among the people. The debate was really about the pace and details, and Nielsen’s party recommended a slow and steady approach. His plan will be developed after he forms a coalition government with other parties. Considering this desire to control their own affairs, it’s unsurprising that polling suggests 85 percent of Greenlandic people are opposed to becoming part of the United States.