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After so long in Trump’s sights, hopeful Greenlanders breathe a collective sigh of relief

The Guardian UK · 24 September 2026 at 15:27

After so long in Trump’s sights, hopeful Greenlanders breathe a collective sigh of relief

Locals hope agreement signed this week is step towards independence and end to US threats to annex island Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Múte B Egede, the foreign minister, received a hero’s welcome when they landed back in Nuuk from New York on Wednesday night – and a nation took a collective sigh of relief.

Colleagues, friends and members of the public turned out to greet them at an airport where, just 20 months ago, the landing of a Trump-branded plane containing Donald Trump Jr had kickstarted a geopolitical crisis that the people of Greenland now hope is over.

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After so long in Trump’s sights, hopeful Greenlanders breathe a collective sigh of relief

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