US EditionGreenland parents trying to reassure children amid Trump's threats
Greenlandic parents use faith, culture, and official guidance to calm children amid fears from US political rhetoric; a viral video reached over two million views, officials said.
- On January 19, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland, Lykke Lynge, a 42-year-old lawyer, was pictured with her four children as parents across Greenland tried to reassure their children despite lacking answers.
- Since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, Greenlandic authorities published a Jan 27, 2025 guide on talking to children, with input from the UN agency for children.
- Some young Greenlanders have turned to social media, with Marley, seven-year-old child, and Mila, 14-year-old sister, posting a viral Instagram video viewed more than two million times while experts warn of inappropriate content.
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The Independent TribuneTrump is right to seek control before others do
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Threats regarding Greenland are bullying, not strength
For all Donald Trump’s bluster about restoring American strength, his attempt to bully European allies over Greenland reveals a deeper weakness: coercive diplomacy only works if people are afraid to resist. Increasingly, they aren’t. And that is a good thing.…
What the maps tell us about our idea of power Receive this newsletter - Every Monday we send to your mail the analysis of Javier Biosca's international week In the fall of 2021, journalist Susan Glasser (New Yorker) and her husband, Peter Baker (New York Times), interviewed Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago mansion for a book. Joe Biden had only been in office for a year and the Trump era, they thought, was a thing of the past. Ending that meeting,…
Donald Trump succumbs to the dispute over Greenland. The US President openly threatens countries that oppose his claim to property with punitive tariffs and crowns themselves as the "customs king". The reactions range from diplomatic disillusionment to biting ridicule on the net.
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