…“And to hear people outside this saying ‘we want to buy this land’, you can’t even describe how wrong it is because it’s not in our culture, it’s not in our mentality. You don’t own people. You don’t own land…

That does not mean they rule out collaboration with the US – or other countries for that matter – though. There is a sense that the renewed US interest could help achieve independence, or at the very least force Denmark to improve its treatment of the territory. Already it has started to change the rhetoric of Danish politicians.

“Human beings from all over the world should always be up for collaboration,” says Miké. But, he adds: “Never call it ownership or commonwealth, but keep it real. Let’s say: ‘Let’s talk about what we can do together.’”

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, the Greenlandic prime minister, Múte Egede, said: “We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t even want to be Danes. We want strong cooperation between our countries.”

Reiterating his point, he added: “We want to be clear: we do not want to be Americans. We do not want to be part of the United States.”

”Source: ‘It should be up to us’: Greenlanders on Trump, Denmark – and their land | Greenland | The Guardian