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LISTEN: Greenland residents 'scared' of Trump annexation threats

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United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly said America “has to have” Greenland for the country's national security.

This has been met with fear, confusion and anger from the Greenlandic people.

Emile Pienaar spoke with Lena Kleist Timmermann, a nurse with a Master's in Clinical Nursing who currently lives in Denmark but grew up in Greenland.

10 Feb 5AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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