Greenlanders react to US threats to take over their territory
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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The White House has renewed its rhetoric on acquiring Greenland. We hear how the news is being received by people who live there. Also, a discussion about the erosion of international law. And, a look at the frustrations that blind people face during air travel. Plus, the story of a young man who moved as a kid from Guatemala to Texas to Taiwan.
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| 0:00.0 | The Trump White House is seriously talking about taking over Greenland. |
| 0:08.5 | Recent events have made people there nervous. |
| 0:11.5 | Since the situation from in Venezuela, seems like things can happen from day to day. |
| 0:19.3 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:20.6 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler, how locals in Greenland are feeling today. |
| 0:24.1 | And what it means when the United States backs away from the system of international law that it helped create. |
| 0:29.3 | Without the rules of the game, it's simply chaos. |
| 0:33.4 | And it is might-nakes-right. |
| 0:35.5 | We'll also hear about a Taiwanese kid from Guatemala |
| 0:38.4 | trying to make friends at his new school in Texas. |
| 0:41.8 | This girl who's sitting next to me, |
| 0:43.4 | she turns around and she goes, |
| 0:45.1 | you know, you're strange-looking Mexican. |
| 0:48.0 | Plus, the soccer superfan who would be prime minister, |
| 0:51.6 | all of that and more today here on the world. |
| 1:03.8 | This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for joining us today. |
| 1:08.9 | The White House is stepping up its rhetorical threats about acquiring Greenland. The goal here, |
| 1:11.4 | according to news reports, is to pressure the government in Denmark into selling its territory to the United States. But President Trump's team says it's |
| 1:16.7 | looking at all options and refuses to take military force off the table. The administration's |
| 1:22.2 | fixation with taking Greenland presents a potential threat to U.S. allies in Europe and to the NATO military alliance. |
| 1:29.9 | It is also a big deal for the people of Greenland. We wanted to find out how they see what is going on. |
| 1:36.3 | So I called up some folks I met while reporting there in August. |
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