Diplomacy: Trump, before the parliamentary election, is vanishing around Greenland

US President Donald Trump announced the prospect of people in Greenland shortly before the parliamentary election there and a wealthy future as a US territory. “We are ready to invest billions of dollars to create new jobs and make you rich,” Trump wrote in a contribution on his social network Truth Social.

He once again invited the Greenland population to become “part of the greatest nation in the world” – if they choose. Tech billionaire Elon Musk later worked as an amplifier of the Trump message by shared her on his online platform X.

Parliamentary election on Tuesday

Trump had repeatedly stated in the past few months to want to take control of the largest island in the earth for reasons of national and international security. He also did not rule out military or economic compulsion.

The debate about the Trump statements has strongly shaped the election campaign before the Greenland Parliamentary election this Tuesday. At the local people, they have triggered different emotions that range from uncertainty to despite despite an increased feeling of identity as a Greenlander. Last but not least, the decades of discussion about a possible independence was also fueled by the Kingdom of Denmark.

Trump’s head of government becomes disrespectful

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte B. Eggede made his most clear criticism of Trump in an interview shortly before the election day. “The things that happen at the moment in the world are very worried about me – that the world order is waning on many fronts and there may be a president in the United States who is very unpredictable and also ensures that people are unsettled,” he told the Danish radio station.

“We deserve to be treated with respect,” said Egedede. “And I don’t think the American President has done this since taking office.” It did not show whether the interview was recorded before or after the new Trump statements.

Researchers do not believe in last-minute consequences for Greenland election

Greenland expert Ulrik Pram Gad does not believe that Trump’s recent statement will have a major impact on the choice. “I am quite sure that the vast majority of Greenland voters have already taken note of Trump’s interest and commented on it,” said the researcher of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) of the Ritzau news agency.

However, it is crucial whether the US president’s statements are generally perceived as a possibility or as a threat – and in this regard, one could get the impression that they could have the opposite effect of their actual intention.