The likelihood of a US invasion of Greenland is low simply because it would trigger NATO Article 5. The election winner there is the party resisting Trump’s overtures.
Greenland’s centre-right opposition party, which told US president Donald Trump that the country was “not for sale”, has emerged victorious in the country’s parliamentary elections.
The Demokraatit party secured 29.9 per cent of the vote, ending the ruling coalition’s majority, official results show.
Jens Frederik Nielsen, Demokraatit’s leader and a former badminton champion, is poised to play a key role in shaping Greenland’s future. Mr Nielsen has been an outspoken critic of foreign interference, particularly in response to Mr Trump’s suggestion that the US could purchase the Arctic island.
The pro-business party, which supports a gradual approach to independence from Denmark, saw a sharp rise in support from 9.1 per cent in the previous election. It outperformed the opposition Naleraq party, which advocates for a swift break from Denmark.
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It's not really clear how the Trump administration would be able to purchase Greenland from Denmark, never mind that Denmark has emphatically stated over and over that it's not for sale. There's no obvious legal or commercial pathway for it to happen.
Still, coincidentally, the last foreign territory purchased by the U.S. was from Denmark. It bought the Virgin Islands in 1917 for $25 million. A few subsequent U.S. territorial expansions, in the South Pacific, were the result of annexations and treaties, according to the Global Policy Forum, a watchdog.
Wikistrat, a global risks consultancy, said that one theoretical purchase scenario for Greenland, though it would require agreement from both Greenland and Denmark, could see the U.S. offer to lease Greenland from Denmark for an extended period. This would be similar to what China did with its Hong Kong territory when it leased it to Britain for 99 years from 1898 to 1997. In another theoretical scenario, Greenland could grant what Wikistrat called "minority shares" in its governance to the U.S., primarily in the areas of security and foreign policy. This would mean that the U.S. would likely need to assume about $800 million in annual subsidies now provided by Denmark.
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Trump: "When you take away that artificial line that looks like it was done by a ruler ... you look at that beautiful formation of Canada and the US, there is no place anywhere in the world that looks like that. And then if you add Greenland, that's pretty good."
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
