"Trump wants to take it whether they like it or not, as he stated at a recent White House press conference. And the only option he seems to be offering currently is to do it either the nice way or the more difficult way whatever that means. These are obviously plans for the forceful theft of Indigenous land and a self-governing territory; they are loud threats"
"A diplomatic conversation finally took place on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, Vivian Motzfeldt and Lars Lkke Rasmussen, and the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, met in Washington DC, with the US vice-president, JD Vance, as host. That's the same JD Vance who tried to set up an official visit to Greenland with his wife in March last year, but was turned away by Kalaallit and ended up only visiting the US military base at Pituffik."
The US president has again threatened to take control of Greenland, repeating attempts from 2019 and 2024/25. The current administration is shaping more concrete plans to annex the island and frames the choice as either a conciliatory approach or a more difficult option. Those plans constitute the forceful theft of Indigenous land and the undermining of Greenlandic self-government, causing fear and insecurity among Kalaallit. A diplomatic meeting took place in Washington DC involving Greenlandic foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Danish foreign minister Lars Lkke Rasmussen, US secretary of state Marco Rubio, and US vice-president JD Vance. JD Vance previously attempted an official visit to Greenland but was turned away and visited only the Pituffik military base. After an hour-long meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the Greenlandic and Danish ministers emerged together, lit cigarettes, and conversed before returning to the Danish embassy.
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