Donald Trump knows what he wants Donald Trump knows he wants Greenland for its geostrategic situation, for its natural resources and for its military base. But he doesn’t know the prime minister of the semi-autonomous territory and has no interest in doing so either, even if it is threatening to buy or invade the territory it governs.
“That’s your problem. I don’t agree with him. I don’t know who it is. But that’s going to be a big problem for him.”stated the American president when a journalist told him that the Greenlandic prime minister had said that he preferred to remain in Denmark.
As is typical of him, accustomed to ridiculing, threatening and getting what he wants, Trump despised the position of Jens Frederik Nielsenthe politician who has clearly said ‘no’ to the United States.
Although he has only been in politics for a short time, Nielsen has stood up against Trump’s ambition to take over Greenland. “Greenland does not want to be property of the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US. Greenland will not be part of the US. “If we choose between the US and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” the prime minister said in a press conference with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen.
He came to lead the government less than a year ago and, despite his short political background, he made history. He won the elections in Greenland and broke the historical two-party system in his territory. The Greenlandic Prime Minister now has 34 years old, he studied Social Sciences and is a former professional badminton player.
In 2018, he started working for the Demokraatit party and it only took two years to become president of this party. Between 2020 and 2021 it was Minister of Labor and Natural Resources.
Its main political objective is the Greenland independence. To do this, it works to promote greater economic development. For this reason, in recent days, and after some attacks by Trump, he has pointed out that “our country “It’s not really the most appropriate to compare with Venezuela.”.
Thus, Nielsen has exchanged the badminton court for the political board to face his toughest rival to date: Donald Trump.
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