The United States has not lost interest in Greenland, although US President Donald Trump’s desire to purchase the autonomous territory from Denmark was not well received in the summer.
A US delegation, headed by Ulrich Brechbuhl, counselor of the US Department of State, was in the capital Nuuk this week, talking to Greenlandic government ministers – a move which Danish political analysts see as likely meant to increase US influence in Greenland, Morgunblaðið reports.
Some have suggested that US President Donald Trump’s administration is determined to win the hearts and minds of the Greenlandic people, who count 56,000, with the aim of convincing them to cut ties with Denmark and potentially become instead the US’ 51st state.
Americans now want to increase their presence in Greenland and communicate directly with its people, thereby eschewing Denmark, with the aim of gradually increasing their influence on this large island, states news analyst Kristian Mouritzen of Danish newspaper Berlinske. This decision, he notes, creates unrest in Denmark, for a NATO ally is clearly undermining the sovereignty of Denmark.
