Greenland’s independence champion despised Denmark. Trump changed his mind

Synopsis As Greenland grapples with its quest for independence, a wave of rethinking has emerged. The persistent calls from US President Donald Trump for dominion have instilled a sense of trepidation across the island. NUUK, Greenland, – Aqqaluk Lynge, Greenland’s champion of independence, has undergone a radical conversion. Half a century ago, the Inuit activist and poet co-founded one of the island’s biggest pro-independence parties, urging fellow Greenlanders to break away from Denmark, which he denounced as an exploitative colonial overlord. “They must be removed. We will no longer pay the price,” he wrote in a 1975 verse. “Suffering cannot…