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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News When Aaju Peter first heard U.S. President Donald Trump talk about buying or taking Greenland during his first term, she didn\u2019t take it seriously. \u201cBut now that he is becoming more serious, I\u2019m taking his words more seriously,\u201d Peter, an Iqaluit-based lawyer and activist originally from Greenland, said in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s disrespectful and offensive that a leader of a country would want to buy our land, my motherland.\u201d The United States has had a foothold in Greenland since the 1950s, where it operates the Pituffik Space Base military installation, and both the U.S. and Greenland \u2014 as part of Denmark \u2014 are members of the NATO political and military alliance. When Trump returned to office last year, he reiterated his… <\/p>\n

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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News When Aaju Peter first heard U.S. President Donald Trump talk about buying or taking Greenland during his first term, she didn\u2019t take it seriously. \u201cBut now that he is becoming more serious, I\u2019m taking his words more seriously,\u201d Peter, an Iqaluit-based lawyer and activist originally from Greenland, said in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s disrespectful and offensive that a leader of a country would want to buy our land, my motherland.\u201d The United States has had a foothold in Greenland since the 1950s, where it operates the Pituffik Space Base military installation, and both the U.S. and Greenland \u2014 as part of Denmark \u2014 are members of the NATO political and military alliance. When Trump returned to office last year, he reiterated his... <\/p>\n

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