Na so e be, my people! Greenland and Denmark don finally join hand to face the bigger wahala from Trump, no be small thing!
Dis Arctic island, wey don dey under Denmark for more than three hundred years, get plenty ties wey e no too feel sweet. As e be now, dem dey rule am as one autonomous territory, but the political parties for Greenland still dey eye independence, but how dem go take do am na big question.
Since Trump dey eye Greenland like say na im own, the political sharp minds for Greenland come gather last year March to form wetin dem call coalition government. Na so they fit bond together, just to show say dem no dey interested in any takeover from Trump.
Omo, e shock people as Greenland leaders come yell say dem no wan hear anything wey concern Trump bid to occupy the land! This man don dey push for that takeover matter hard but later he back down but still dey negotiate framework deal on Arctic security with NATO.
Ulrik Pram Gad wey dey research for Danish Institute come talk say Greenlanders still dey vex for Denmark due to wetin dem call colonial past and how e affect dem. But Trump wahala don make majority wey dey for Greenland coalition put their independence plans for back burner for now. Dem don see say the support wey dem dey get from European sides, dey make dem feel less caged.
Dem big men for Greenland figure out say even though dem get different approaches to independence, the pressure wey dey come from US don make dem serious about this join-up wey happen since March 2025. Only the Naleraq party wey dey hustle for fast track independence remain for opposition side.
Omo, as wahala dey hot, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen don clear say if na to choose between US and Denmark, na Denmark dem go follow. Na Trump talk say him get something wey him don negotiate with NATO chief wey make Denmark and Greenland remind am say their matter na dem go decide!
Recently, on January 14, Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt dey for Washington with her Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen dey talk with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Dis thing dey sweet, but e still dey hide plenty scars from their colonial history.
Na true, Greenland don suffer plenty things from Denmark since dem colonized di place for 18th century. Later, na 1953 dem come turn am to full-fledged territory before e take its correct position as autonomous territory in 1979, with better status wey dem give am for 2009.
Astrid Andersen wey dey study Danish-Greenlandic relationship, talk say colonial affairs no dey sweet as plenty injustices don happen. One of dem na di social experiment wey dey happen in 1951, wey make dem separate 22 Inuit pikin from their family and prevent dem from speaking their own language, trying to build a Danish-speaking elite.
For 2021, di six wey still dey alive come receive compensation wey be 250,000 crowns each, no be small money! Another dark side wey dey disturb dem na wetin happen from di 60s, where plenty women and young girls dey get IUDs fitted without their consent for family planning wahala. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen don already apologize to dem for all the issues wey dem face.
But as things dey go, for now, everybody don gree say the bigger enemy na Trump, and dem need to find a way to face am together, irrespective of their complicated past. Wetin you go talk, my friends? Make we keep our eyes for this matter, e get as e go be!
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