‘I’m worried, Trump is trying to control the country’published at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time
Andrew Harding
Reporting from Nuuk
In the Nuuk’s busy harbour this morning, Karl-Peter, 40, was preparing to head out to sea in a small boat with three colleagues to fish for halibut. First they had to clear a path through a maze of giant blocks of floating ice, nudging them aside the boat’s bow, or sometimes using a broom.
Like so many people here, the fishermen we met expressed anger and bewilderment at Donald Trump’s declared ambition to annex Greenland.
“I don’t feel safe. I’m worried. Trump is trying to control the country,” said Karl-Peter, who declined to give us his surname.
“I have no idea (what will happen). I want Greenland to control its own fate,” he continued.
Nearby, workers were busy moving giant crates of shrimps into warehouses.
The wind-chill meant it felt about minus 15 degrees centigrade. In the channel, icebergs were being tugged out to sea by the wind and current, while burst of sunshine caught the tops of the surrounding mountains as they emerged from the clouds.
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