Since Trump unleashed U.S. forces in Venezuela and started threatening to invade Greenland, Nuuk residents are fearful for the future
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“You can tell that there are many more people who are worried,” said Nuuk Mayor Avaaraq Olsen.
Several residents have told her that they’re making plans to move to Iceland, Norway or Denmark. “Some elderly people are already talking about selling everything and going to Denmark as soon as possible,” she said.
Aqqalu Jerimiassen, a Greenland MP, said he doesn’t feel safe any more.
A year ago he joked about Mr. Trump during an interview in his parliamentary office and he didn’t take the President seriously. When we met again last Monday, Mr. Jerimiassen said he now appreciated how Ukrainians felt before Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
“I get questions from my kids, ‘Is there going to be war? Are there going to be soldiers?’ ” said Klaus Poulsen, who runs a local business that sells printers and audiovisual equipment. “The only real answer to kids will always be; ‘Of course not, don’t be scared.’ But they are scared.”
He’s careful too. He’s holding off on big purchases at home and backing away from major investments in his business. “And that worries me, because if I do it, maybe a lot of people do it too, and that’s usually how a recession starts,” he said.
Claus Nissen has already felt the pullback. Sales at his two clothing stores have dropped in recent weeks and some of his clients have started moving their money out of Greenland. He’d like to open another store, but it’s too risky right now.
One customer came in this week with a gift card, saying she wanted to use it before the store closed because of the looming invasion.
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