Greenland’s Prime Minister Wants Independence After Trump’s Buyout Comments
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede recently announced his intentions for the island’s future, declaring that it is “necessary” to take major steps towards independence from Denmark.
Egede’s words after his Dec. 22 post on Truth Social President-elect Donald Trump Focuses on secession from Denmark, advocating “ownership and control” of Greenland.
“The upcoming new election cycle should create these new steps together with the citizens based on the foundations that have already been created,” said Egede. “It’s time for us to step up and shape our future, including who we will work closely with and who our trading partners will be.”
Houses are visible on the coast of Nuuk, Greenland. (Universal Pictures Group via Marli Miller/UCG/Getty Images)
During his first term, Trump sought to buy the mineral-rich, geographically significant area in what he called a “huge real estate deal.” This was previously reported by Fox News Digital.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said last week. “We have not been sold and we will never be sold. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
Sedco 709 offshore oil rig in Davis Strait, between southwest Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)
American interest in Greenland It dates back to the 1800s.
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Fox News reports that in 1867, the State Department considered purchasing both Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic importance. After World War IIDenmark rejected President Harry Truman’s offer of $100 million for the island.
Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach of Egedal Municipality are hosted by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian at a castle dinner for Prince Christian’s 18th birthday at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen on October 15, 2023. People from 98 municipalities of the country, as well as the Faroe Islands and Greenland, participated in the gala dinner organized on October 15. (Photo by Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by EMIL NICOLAI HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Acquisition of land It will mark the largest expansion of American territory in history, surpassing the Louisiana Purchase.
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“Greenland is ours,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said last week. “We have not been sold and we will never be sold. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.
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