A journey to Greenland: the 51st state? – podcast

What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump's interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports

In 2019, when Donald Trump first raised the prospect of the US acquiring Greenland, few people took it seriously. But today, at the start of his second term as president, when Trump says I think we're going to have it", his words ring alarm bells.

To find out why the world's largest island is of such enduring interest to Trump, Miranda Bryant, the Guardian's Nordic correspondent, recently travelled to Greenland's capital, Nuuk. There, she tells Helen Pidd, Greenlanders are well aware of the minerals and strategic value that their island holds, especially as the changing climate is accelerating superpower competition in the Arctic.