Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure

Financial Times: Nielsen unexpectedly became Greenland’s youngest prime minister in March as his pro-business, centre-right Demokraatit party defeated the traditional political forces on the world’s biggest island. This was in part due to his charm and in part due to his insistence on independence, but only when its economy was ready.

He was thrown straight into the maelstrom due to Trump’s belligerent interest, but Nielsen has not been afraid to stand up for Greenland despite the power imbalance. “Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said this week, calling Trump’s comments “entirely unacceptable”…

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