US President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it and suggestions that the US could take it by force. ADVERTISEMENTThe crisis is dominating the lives of Greenlanders and “people are not sleeping, children are afraid, and it just fills everything these days. And we can't really understand it,” Naaja Nathanielsen, a Greenlandic minister said at a meeting with lawmakers in Britain's Parliament this week. “The Arctic climate and environment is so different from maybe what they (Americans) are used to with the warships and helicopters and tanks. Greenlanders don't believe Trump's claimsTrump has repeatedly claimed Russian and Chinese ships are swarming the seas around Greenland.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 12:54 UTC