American investor Thomas Emanuel Dans poses in Nuuk’s old harbor, Greenland, February 6, 2025. Dans, a U.S. Arctic commissioner during Trump’s first presidency, said Greenland’s raw materials and its location put it at the centre of a geopolitical Arctic game between China, Russia and the United States. “We’re past the point where you could have oblique conversations and discussions about what has to happen. This is a time for action,” Dans said. “If they want to pursue independence, that has to be done within the construct of reality,” says Dans. “It’s a matter of finding a new arrangement.” REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier