00:00We're hearing a lot about Greenland recently, and the reason being is because the new president
00:05of the United States, Donald Trump, has said he thinks America should buy Greenland from
00:11the Danish government.
00:12Now, the Danish parliament is here, and Denmark still controls the foreign policy, the monetary
00:18policy, and the defense of Greenland and the Greenlanders.
00:22Now, it's a big island, the biggest in the world.
00:25It's between Canada and Iceland, and just over 50,000 people live there.
00:29Particularly Inuit people, and even though they have a certain amount of local control
00:36in their parliament for housing, education, and policing, and crucially for drilling and
00:42mining and oil rights, the rest in terms of foreign policy is actually controlled here
00:49in Copenhagen.
00:51Local people in Greenland feel slightly unsafe because of this suggestion by Donald Trump.
00:56He, on the other hand, says it's vital, it's critical for American safety and security
01:02that it should come under the control of the United States.
01:05Younger people in Greenland might feel they want to vote for independence and be free
01:10of Denmark because they could provide for themselves in a wealthier country if they
01:15tap in to natural resources like minerals and oil.
01:20Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister, in response to Trump's suggestion said it was
01:24a fantasy that Americans could buy Greenland.
01:29But it's had an impact also on the economy because of that threat of possible tariffs
01:34in the future if Denmark doesn't comply.
01:38The three main American objectives in Greenland are to have an increased military presence,
01:43they already have a base in Bifudik, it's called the Bifudik Space Base, is to possibly
01:48investigate the minerals and the oil reserves there, and also to stop the great powers of
01:54possibly Russia, possibly China, from having an increased presence in this really strategically
02:00important Arctic region, which is becoming more and more viable as the ice melts.
02:07But according to one of the two Greenlandic members of parliament here in Denmark, Aya
02:12Chemnitz, she says Greenland isn't for sale, it won't be for sale.
02:17It's disrespectful to talk about any sale and what we should really focus on is what
02:22the local indigenous Inuit people want.
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