NUUK — A day after U.S. President Donald Trumpand NATO’s chief purportedly struck a deal on Greenland, residents expressed anger and frustration that the Danish territory was again being sidelined in talks about its future. Carrying two steaming cappuccinos from a popular American coffee chain on Thursday, Niels Berthelsen took the time to stop despite the icy cold winds whipping the streets of Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital. “If they want to make deals about Greenland, they have to invite Greenland to the negotiating table,” the 49-year-old skipper told AFP. “Nothing about Greenland without Greenland,” he insisted repeatedly. Trump backed down on threats to seize Greenland by force after meeting NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday, saying they had reached a “framework” deal on the Danish autonomous territory. While details of the agreement made at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos remained scant, many Greenlanders, who fiercely defend their right to self-determination, were disappointed. “It’s obviously a good thing that the military threat has gone dow
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