在哥本哈根的格陵兰之家，旅丹格陵兰人一边谈独立、一边面对丹麦的现实束缚，而唐纳·川普再次宣称美国「需要」格陵兰作为防务。这波言论在2026年1月初升温，背景包括美国「抓捕」委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗，以及白宫发言人拒绝排除以武力取得格陵兰的可能。原本以自治与脱离为主的议题，被推向更尖锐的国际安全焦点。

社群内部立场分裂：56岁的莉娜·克拉森不认同川普，但认为丹麦—格陵兰关系已「有毒」，若要摆脱丹麦，与华府建立务实伙伴关系可能难以避免；她也指出贸易多经丹麦转运，推高物价、影响食物新鲜度。47岁的苏珊娜·霍夫曼则主张美国应「放过格陵兰」，因美国已在岛上有基地且依协议可扩张；她同时也不认为格陵兰该继续受丹麦殖民式对待。生活成本的压力同样具体：一位66岁退休护理师说房源稀缺、杂货昂贵，连返乡机票都负担不起。

丹麦在压力下试图展现更强承诺：提高北极投入（报导提到约2.5亿美元的基建资金）、增加军事投资与能见度，并就长期避孕丑闻道歉与同意赔偿——该事件跨越数十年，牵涉数千名格陵兰女孩与年轻女性。文章引用的民调显示，格陵兰人强烈反对加入美国，但仍倾向追求自丹麦独立，形成矛盾：美国施压短期内反而把努克与哥本哈根推得更近，历史伤痕却未消失。

At Copenhagen’s Greenlandic House, diaspora Greenlanders weigh independence against Denmark while Donald Trump again says the US “needs” Greenland for defense. The rhetoric escalated in early January 2026, after the US capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and a White House line that would not rule out military force to acquire Greenland. What was largely an autonomy question is recast as a security flashpoint.

Views diverge inside the community. Liina Clasen, 56, condemns Trump but argues Denmark–Greenland ties have become “toxic,” and that a pragmatic US partnership may be unavoidable if Greenland is to break Denmark’s trade bottleneck that raises prices and hurts food freshness. Susanne Hoffmann, 47, says the US should “leave Greenland alone,” noting America already has a base and expansion rights; she still rejects Danish colonial treatment. Daily costs bite: a 66-year-old retiree says scarce housing and expensive groceries make return even harder, and flights are unaffordable.

Denmark, pressed to prove commitment, has boosted Arctic funding (including a reported $250 million infrastructure package), expanded military investment, and apologized and agreed to compensate victims of a decades-long contraception scandal affecting thousands of Greenlandic girls and young women. Polling cited in the piece suggests Greenlanders strongly oppose joining the US yet still favor independence, creating a paradox: US pressure temporarily pulls Nuuk closer to Copenhagen even as historical grievances persist.