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... But his bombast about needing to own the island for "psychological" reasons and refusal to rule out a military strike to seize land belonging to Denmark, a NATO ally, appears to be undermining that objective.

"All we want is to be treated with respect. But the way they talk about us, about buying Greenland over our heads, that is not respectful," Bebiane Johansen, 27, a student in Nuuk, told the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which includes POLITICO. "We do not want to be told from the outside what to do or who to be. We just want to live in peace."

Trump's naked desire to take control of Greenland, his harsh ultimatums to Danish officials and increased trolling by the White House aides and outside allies are hardening opposition, according to nearly a dozen Greenlanders interviewed in Nuuk in recent days.

"People here are getting more and more concerned because Trump's statements keep getting worse. It's tearing on us," said Avaaraq S. Olsen, the mayor of Nuuk, Greenland's largest city.

She pointed to the president's recent statements about how only owning Greenland would satisfy him, which she said "adds to the frustrations and it raises new feelings of anger towards the American government. It used to be a friendly country." ...