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By Holly Williams
March 27, 2025 / 9:44 AM EDT / CBS News'

Nuuk, Greenland — ... It is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, which is one of America's European NATO allies. On Thursday, the Danish Defense Minister said his country would not allow the U.S. to decide Greenland's future, but the giant, frozen island near the top of the world has been dragged against Denmark's will, and the will of its people, into a geopolitical storm by Mr. Trump's repeated threats to take control.

The U.S. president says American must control Greenland for security reasons, and he has refused to rule out using force to make that a reality.

But a recent poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the United States, and residents who spoke with CBS News ahead of Vance's visit to a remote U.S. installation on the island — America's furthest north military base — clearly reflected the sentiments shown in that poll.

"He can't just take it like that," said Daniel Rosing, a trainee electrician who said he was proud of being a Greenlander ...

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