Innuit and Greenland

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https://www.humanium.org/en/denmarks-experiment-on-inuit-children-a-painful-legacy-of-forced-assimilation/

So 88% of Greenlands population are native inuit. In reality will these people object to being under US sovereignty when they have been horrendously treated historically by a colonial power (Denmark). I would think these people ultimately want independence but would a change of sovreignty massively impact their lives?

Would it just be easier for the Danes to sell Greenland to the US and money made available to improve Inuit lives in a way of their choosing and binding agreement that the US don't target inuit culture?

Why on earth do you think the USA treated their indigenous people better?

Bot or actually that stupid? You choose…

Absolutely agree

there are enough countries who want to stand up to Trump we have to work together and all stick to the same plan

there won’t be a winner as, it will make life harder in many countries but we can’t fear that

Couldn't make it up could ya?!

Trump is literally Doctor Evil. I'm not even kidding or trying to be funny. He actually really is Doctor bloody bastard EVIL. 😱

Trump does not want Greenland for defensive reasons. There are already treaties in place allowing the USA to station as much military as they wush on Greenland for defensive reasons, they do not need to own it for thar.

Trump wants Greenland for its mineral wealth, which will be extracted via environment-destroying techniques that devastate the local population. Absolutely anything that could be done that would benefit the local population can already happen without any change of sovereignty.

Yes colonial powers did horrible things to indigenous populations, in Greenland like in Canada and Australia. That shameful history has absolutely no bearing on whether aTrump should be allowed to bully his way into control of Greenland as it is now.

The indigenous people of Alaska were not given a choice in the matter.

I am in the USA and I don’t know a single person who thinks we should invade. I know one who thinks we should buy it and won’t accept that it isn’t for sale. now I’m near DC so I would expect that but I asked friends elsewhere and they said the same. Even their Trump supporting acquaintances just think we can buy it. None of them seem to care about Greenlanders one way or the other.

I’m sure some MAGA lemmings would follow him off a cliff but the number of people online doesn’t match up with my experience or with polls. I smell a bot operation.

Yes, this IS a hill to die on, geopolitically and otherwise.

On the news tonight was a report stating that 85% of Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, along with large-scale protests there.

Personally, I think we (UK and Europe) should stop pussyfooting around Trump now. There has never been such an unstable and dangerous pillock in the White House and he should not be allowed to go around the world unchecked just hoovering up any nation he fancies.

I must say I am rather dismayed that Starmer seems to be trying to walk some sort of a tightrope and preserve the so-called "special relationship." There is no longer a special relationship because Trump is such a complete twat and has shredded it.

The future of Greenland should be decided by Greenlanders. No-one else. They would certainly need the support of the UK, Denmark, the rest of Europe and any other willing nation to have any real chance of defending themselves against the US though.

For the record, Greenland and Iceland are separate countries and you should not be mixing them up and talking as if they are one and the same. They certainly aren't.

Also, the Falklands were a question for the UK, not Europe as a whole. It's irrelevant to the Greenland/US question. If Trump takes Greenland by whatever means I very much doubt he would stop there.

Somebody suggested a good way to deal with any tariffs from the USA is for us and Europe to sell dollars and buy Euros. And for Europe to sell dollars and buy Stirling. And both countries invest in Australia, Canada and central America.

unfortunately Trump is Putin’s puppet and Russia is still waging a cold war to dismantle democracy. If we don’t show strength now it will lead to worse war later. And if you’re American and reading this for the love of god get that orange gremlin out of office. This is on you.

..."These people", OP?

Is there any discussion of this in Nunavut?

OP’s pathetic attempt at concern, failed from the start.

There are protests in Greenland against Trump

Not the same though, in geographic terms Greenland is part of North America, just as Venezuela is part of the American continent. I wonder is Trump planning a move on Canada (after Cuba).

I'd be more impressed if he was offering full State rights to Puerto Rico.

You think people should be sold en mass? So if he gets Greenland, what other people do you think should be up for sale next? He might fancy his chances with the UK, would that be fine?

Excellent!

Greenlanders are closer culturally to Danes than to Americans. They want independence, but know that this is something to work towards with Denmark. They know they are not currently in a position to go it alone. They do not want to be part of America or owned by America. All Trump is doing is pushing them closer to Denmark. There is, generally, mutual respect between Greenlanders and Danes, despite a less than ideal history.

I know Greenlanders and I know Danes.

There are protests in Greenland and in Denmark against Trump. Both Danes and Greenlanders participating. The Danes and Greenlanders regard Trump with abject horror and a large amount of bemusement.

" rural isolated traditional life." Bollocks. This is Greenland but it ain't green. Most of the population is in the major cities and towns as the countryside is too harsh to support rural living. You need to better educate yourself about Greenland and the Greenlanders as you have some very ignorant ideas.

Anyone else waiting to read the Op's opinion re; Trump's demands on Canada?

Would it just be easier for the Danes to sell Greenland to the US and money made available to improve Inuit lives in a way of their choosing and binding agreement that the US don't target inuit culture?

based on the US track record of how they treated the native America people, I'd say any such "binding agreement" with Trump around, would be neither use nor ornament,

Thankfully, Canada has Mark Carney and His Majesty King Charles joining forces and batting away sticking two fingers up any moves on Canada by Trump.

I highly suspect they are American so they are asleep right now. It would also explain their appalling geography skills and pro-Trump propaganda.

Nope .. they are awake...