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Greenlanders on Trump: ‘We are neither for sale nor can be bought’

Guardian readers from Greenland share their reactions to Donald Trump’s idea to buy the country
A man walks to his boat past boats in the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

‘If I see a Trump Tower in Nuuk I hope the ice underneath it melts and it is sent to Atlantis’

While it looks on the surface like Trump is just drawing attention away from the rest of his ridiculous presidency with his comments about purchasing Greenland, I think that the US government does sincerely want access to our resources. The former is just asinine, but the latter is quite scary, neither of them are appreciated or welcome. If in my lifetime I see a Trump Tower in Nuuk, I

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