Greenland, an Inuit-majority territory that has spent decades slowly pushing toward greater self-determination, suddenly found itself pulled back into the centre of great-power politics.

For years, the territory — which is formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark — has been navigating a careful process of decolonization.

That trajectory is now under pressure because of the constant talk from U.S. President Donald Trump about control and ownership of Greenland in the past few months. 

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