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Following the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by U.S. military forces on Saturday, January 3, President Donald J. Trump has revived his threats of annexing Greenland, currently a semi-autonomous region of Denmark. That same day, he was quoted in The Atlantic<\/em><\/a> as saying \u201cWe do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.\u201d Then, on Sunday, he reiterated<\/a> his stance to reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n Now, Bj\u00f6rk<\/a> has shared a statement calling for Greenland\u2019s independence. \u201c[C]olonialism has repeatedly given me horror chills up my back,\u201d she wrote on Instagram<\/a>, \u201cand the chance that my fellow greenlanders might go from one cruel coloniser to another is too brutal to even imagine.\u201d Read her full message below.<\/p>\n Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s home country of Iceland was ruled by Denmark until 1944. \u201cWe didn’t loose our language (my children would be speaking danish now),\u201d she noted. Bj\u00f6rk also referenced the lawsuit<\/a> brought against the Danish government by 143 Greenlandic women who claimed to have been fitted with IUDs without their knowledge or consent, and the \u201cparenting competency tests\u201d administered by Danish authorities that led to Greenlandic parents being separated<\/a> from their children.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded to President Trump in a statement posted to Facebook<\/a>: \u201c[O]n the side of the United States, stop the threats against a historically close ally and to another country and another people, who have very clearly stated that they are not for sale.\u201d Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has also called Trump\u2019s remarks \u201cvery rude and disrespectful<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n In September, Bj\u00f6rk joined<\/a> the ongoing No Music for Genocide<\/a> campaign, which calls on musicians and labels to geo-block their music from streaming in Israel. She shared her latest album, Fossora<\/em><\/a>, in 2022.<\/p>\n Revisit the cover story \u201cBj\u00f6rk: Mother, Daughter, Force of Nature<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n