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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Ann Charlotte Vengsgaard

‘The majority of Greenland’s population wants independence’

People walk near a Inuit clothing shop in Nuuk, Greenland [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]

Copenhagen, Denmark – To Donald Trump, the United States president who presents himself as an adept dealmaker, Greenland appears to be an irresistible opportunity.

He has long said he wants to buy the vast, semi-autonomous icy island that is part of Denmark, rich in untapped mineral resources and home to about 56,000 people.

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