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Even though many Greenlanders said they are not fans of Mr. Trump, they enjoy watching him push Denmark around. In interviews, they expressed confidence that this would ultimately help them get a sovereign state of their own \u2014 something no other Inuit community has achieved \u2014 unless America swallows them first.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone I know is saying, \u2018This is all so hilarious, it\u2019s all so absurd, but it\u2019s also so nice,\u2019\u201d said Svend Hardenberg<\/a>, a mining executive and, more recently, a star in a hot Danish Netflix series<\/a> that, serendipitously, had a whole season about Greenland.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s going to be a lot of people trying to sway us, this way or that,\u201d he said. \u201cSo now we have to figure how to do the best for ourselves, to really see what the U.S. and Denmark can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis,\u201d he added, \u201cis our moment.\u201d<\/p>\n One afternoon last month in Nuuk, Greenland\u2019s capital, Kuno Fencker, a member of Parliament, marched out of a news conference, the frustration showing on his face. Greenland\u2019s prime minister, M\u00fate B. Egede, had ducked a question about independence, refusing to answer clearly why the government should not push for it now.<\/p>\n Mr. Fencker wants Greenland to start divorce negotiations with Denmark immediately.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t we be a part of the global world?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhy are we not allowed to become members of the U.N.? Why shouldn\u2019t we be able to be members of the international organizations regarding our fisheries, whales, everything? Why is it that a Danish guy or woman in Denmark has to decide that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Political Question<\/h2>\n