Poll: 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the US


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  • Wednesday, 29 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: People visit a shopping mall in Nuuk, Greenland, September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An opinion poll indicated on Tuesday that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become a part of the United States, Danish daily Berlingske reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this month that Greenland was vital to U.S. security and Denmark should give up control of the strategically important island.

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