Greenland could vote to join Russia

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Greenlanders could vote to join Russia if US President Donald Trump did not move quickly to secure the Arctic island, Interfax reported on Monday.

“Trump needs to hurry. According to unverified information, in a few days there could be a sudden referendum, at which the entire 55,000-strong Greenland could vote to join Russia,” Interfax reported, quoting Medvedev, a former Russian president. “And then that’s it. No new little stars on the (US) flag.”

Trump has revived his push for the United States to take control of Greenland. The Arctic island’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told a press conference in Copenhagen yesterday that Greenland chooses Denmark over the US.