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Greenlanders fear for the future of the Arctic | Global News Podcast


What does the future hold for Greenland and the Arctic?

The US administration is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers in the White House.

President Donald Trump has continued his pledge to take control of the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark – threatening to take it "the easy way or the hard way", claiming the US needed Greenland for national security.

Greenland’s prime minister has said his people would choose Denmark over the US if they were asked to make such a choice "here and now".

Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, has been taking the temperature in the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk.

00:47 – What are Greenlanders saying about President Trump’s comments?
02:34 – Greenland’s future
06:02 – Is this just about security? What about rare earth minerals?

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