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Greenland elections are dominated by independence and Trump's interest in the island

Campaign posters hang outside a polling station ahead of Greenland's March 11 election, in Ilulissat, Greenland. The island will elect the 31 members of its parliament, called the Inatsisartut. Greenland was due to hold elections by April 6, but Prime Minister Mute Egede called for an early vote amid the geopolitical tensions stoked by President  Trump's vow to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. (Getty Images Europe)
Campaign posters hang outside a polling station ahead of Greenland's March 11 election, in Ilulissat, Greenland. The island will elect the 31 members of its parliament, called the Inatsisartut. Greenland was due to hold elections by April 6, but Prime Minister Mute Egede called for an early vote amid the geopolitical tensions stoked by President Trump's vow to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. (Getty Images Europe)

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