On "Forbes Newsroom," Mike Albertus, Professor at the University of Chicago, discussed how the people of Greenland have responded to Trump's push to take control of their country.
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00:00Now, Mike, you talked about how Denmark has said Greenland is not for sale. Greenlanders have said Greenland is not for sale. Is this perhaps a unifying moment for Greenlanders? And could they make a play for complete and total independence?
00:14Definitely. They you know, in many ways, I think this helps to unify Greenlanders around the cause of certainly defending their own territorial integrity and their own autonomy as not only as, you know, being part not simply as being part of Denmark, but also being Greenlanders themselves. Right.
00:33And so, you know, I think public opinion polls have indicated that, you know, less than 10 percent of Greenlanders would consider entertaining a plan to join the United States.
00:43So there's quite substantial support for Greenlanders remaining independent. Right.
00:50It becomes a little bit more of a tricky question, I think, as to whether Greenlanders would prefer full independence from Denmark versus staying with Denmark.
00:59On the one hand, it might depend in part on whether you think you might have a greater sort of security shield when you're part of Denmark and part of the EU still.
01:08Right. A Greenland going it alone might be might be a weaker Greenland.
01:11So I think that, you know, and that that was reflected in the recent vote, the recent elections on Greenland as well.
01:18I think Greenlanders themselves are still debating and struggling through what's the best position, what's the best footing we can take forward in thinking about this new world in which we have come under a threat.