Greenland voters can head to the polls on Tuesday to elect parliamentary members in the election and show what's going forward to promoting the independence of the Arctic Islands.
President Trump has repeatedly proposed that the US should take over Greenland as Denmark seeks to maintain a loose hold of its coveted semi-autonomous territory. Meanwhile, the island's leaders show growing interest in becoming an independent country.
While Greenland's national elections determine the control of 31 parliaments known as the Inuts faction, headlines around the world focus primarily on the fight for sovereignty and the offer to buy Trump.
Greenland's Prime Minister Moote Brupp Egede was the leader of the democratic socialist Inuit Atakatigit (IA) party and was a supporter of the voices of independence of nearly 57,000 residents of Greenland.
The incumbent ruling party, IA, like other major political parties in the region, supports the platform's independence.
It is unclear when a referendum on the invasion from Denmark will be held if parliamentary elections raise supporters of the movement.
Meanwhile, Trump and his administration argue that control of the US natural resource-rich land is “absolutely necessary” for national security.
“I think we'll get it,” Trump said in his speech at a joint session in Congress last week. “In any case, we're trying to get it.”
Some House RepublicansI proposed a lawDanish officials have already rejected Trump's proposition, which would encourage negotiations between the US and Denmark to acquire Greenland. One lawmaker also recommended that the island be renamed “red, white, blue” land.
