Stay Or Go? Greenlanders Weigh Drastic Options As US Threatens

7 weeks ago

Nuuk, Denmark: Talk of a possible US takeover of Greenland has left some residents in the capital preparing contingency plans, even as others insist they will stay and support their community.Tourism operator Ulrikke Anderson says she has already thought through escape routes if the situation worsens. Watching frequent television coverage of US President Donald Trump at home, she said that her family could flee by boat to a remote hut in South Greenland before eventually heading to Denmark, where they hold citizenship. "We are not naive. We know the strong military position the US has. We cannot fight them," she adds. The anxiety is shared by others in Nuuk. Theology student Nuunu Binzer said she has begun thinking about where to hide and what medicine to stock, though she has not acted on those plans yet.Entrepreneur Inger Olsvig Brandt said, "I will not leave, and I will try to help my country while I still have strength. It can be tempting to just leave, but we are so few that we need each other." (with AFP inputs)

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00:00Let's say $20.00 or $30.00 instead of $10.00.

00:11If it's a slow process, the USA take over Greenland, we're going to flee to Denmark,

00:34because that's where our citizenship is, legally rights, and we're going to be more safe.

00:43So our plan is to go by boat to the hut we have, and we're going to stay there for a while

00:52before going to South Greenland to the sheep farmers and kind of have to be with people again.

01:02And we're going to try to survive together, I know, because the Greenlandic way is to survive together.

01:32When I take my dog for a walk, I imagine what these streets are going to look like.

01:37I've been living here peacefully for 40 years, and are we just going to surrender immediately?

01:47Are we going to fight? Because also, we are not naive.

01:52We know the strong military position the U.S. have, so we cannot fight them.

02:02And that's the reality.

02:03And that's the reality.

02:04And that's the reality.

02:09So, after you have got two people together and come to war, we also have to try to prevent a lot from them,

02:14we'll be able to fight them.

02:15And that's the reality.

02:16So, we've got both of them.

02:17And go to the vehicle, we'll be able to do that.

02:19So, we've got the news that need to run.

02:20So it's the reality that we have to help with the people,

02:23and you know , we have to take care of them together.

02:28It's a very difficult time to get involved in the work of the people who are working with the people who are working with the people who are working with.