Poll: 85% of Greenlanders do not want the island to become part of the US
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A poll found that 85% of Greenlanders do not want their island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, to become part of the United States, with almost half seeing President Donald Trump's interest as a threat.
Trump said earlier this month that Greenland is vital to US security and that Denmark should relinquish control of the island.
A poll by the Verian agency, at the request of the Danish newspaper Berlingske and the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq, showed that only 6% of Greenlanders support the idea of the island becoming part of the US, while 9% were undecided.
The poll found that 45% considered Trump's interest in Greenland a threat, while 43% saw it as an opportunity and 13% were undecided.
Greenland enjoys many of the same social benefits as Denmark, such as universal healthcare and free education. Only 8% of respondents said they would be willing to change their Danish citizenship to American, 55% said they would prefer to remain Danish citizens, and 37% were undecided.
Greenland, which has an area larger than Mexico and a population of 57, has broad autonomy, including the right to declare independence from Denmark through a referendum.
Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede has reiterated several times that the island is not for sale and that it is up to its people to decide its future.
