As Greenlanders go to the polls today to elect the 31 members of the Inatsisartut, their parliament, the island’s independence movement is now in the spotlight. Greenland was already edging towards seeking independence from Denmark before Trump intervened,

As Greenlanders head to the polls on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s idea to annex the nation has thrown this year’s elections into the international spotlight.

In a typical year, elections on the sparsely populated island of Greenland would probably go unnoticed by the rest of the world. However, with President Trump’s vow that “one way or another” America will acquire it, the international spotlight is turning to the frigid island.