Greenland

A Democratic U.S. Congressman says President Donald Trump has made it "clear that he cannot be trusted with unchecked war powers." Photo by Mandel Ngan /AFP via Getty Images Article content A new House of Representatives bill introduced last week would ensure U.S. President Donald Trump — or any sitting…

President Donald Trump vowed to invest billions into Greenland and to “create new jobs” if Greenlanders decide to join the United States, adding that they would be welcomed. “As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland’s right to determine…

“We don’t want to be Danes or Americans”, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede told Fox News recently. He wants his country to be independent and plans to hold a referendum. But this is no longer the main issue for Greenlanders as the world’s largest island votes in a general election…

A man wearing a balloon of the Siumut political party on his head sits in the audience during a televised all party political debate at the high school in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 8, 2025. Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory will hold legislative elections on March 11. — AFP pic…

Greenland will vote on Tuesday in a general election just a week after US President Donald Trump reiterated his interest in the Arctic island, inviting its people to join the United States but taking a more conciliatory tone than in previous comments. A movement in Greenland for independence from Denmark,…

I’d say writing comedy about the ever-shifting opinions of Donald Trump, the Speedy Gonzales of on-the-hoof policymaking, is like playing pin the tail on the donkey, but it’s unfair on donkeys. No donkey ever sexually assaulted someone in a department store changing cubicle. It’s 4.30pm on Wednesday and I’m done.…

Emilio Morenatti A baby is held by her mother as they attend a religious service at Hans Egede Church in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) NUUK, Greenland (AP) — About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to…

And they’re Lutheran. About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today, more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to the world’s largest island. Greenland is huge — about three times the…

By Written by: Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times · 21 Feb, 2025 12:44 AM 12 mins to read Ignored for most of its existence, the huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom. It’s trying to make the most of it. Above the harbour, where little boats splattered…

Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer, former Obama advisors and the hosts of "Pod Save America," slammed Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)'s idea to rename Greenland "Red, White, and Blueland," saying the “stupidest f------ people” are currently in charge of the government. Carter introduced a bill on Tuesday that would allow President…