Nuuk, Jan 16, 2026 (AFP) - Greenlanders put faith in Europe's troops and US Congress

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2026-01-16

Greenlanders were putting cautious hope in all-out efforts to contain US President Donald Trump's designs on their Arctic island, as European soldiers arrived in their streets and US lawmakers visited Denmark. In this vast territory that has never fought a war of its own, the 57,000 inhabitants say that, alone, they feel helpless against the leader of a world superpower who insists he will take their home "one way or the other". "I feel safer," M......

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