Greenland Prime Minister’s response to Trump: Not for sale!
Greenland’s prime minister has reacted to US Preside-elect Donald Trump’s commes about “ownership and corol” of the vast Arctic island, which has been part of Denmark for more than 600 years.
According to RCO News Agency, Prime Minister of Greenland Mot Ejad said in a written stateme: Greenland is ours. It is not for sale and never will be. We must not stop our long struggle for freedom.
After announcing that he had chosen Ken Howery, a former envoy to Sweden, as his ambassador to Copenhagen, Trump wrote on the Truth Social website about the situation in Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark that hosts a large US Air Force base: “For the purposes of national security and freedom in Around the world, the United States of America feels that ownership and corol of Greenland is an absolute necessity.
Trump, who will take office on January 20, did not elaborate on the stateme.
Greenland, with Pitofik Air Base, is strategically importa to the US military and its ballistic missile early warning system, as the shortest route from Europe to North America passes through the island.
During his previous term in office, Trump expressed ierest in buying Greenland in 2019, but the offer was immediately rejected by Denmark as well as the island’s authorities before any formal talks could take place.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described Trump’s proposal as “absurd” at the time, prompting him to dismiss the idea as “disgusting” and subsequely cancel a trip to Copenhagen.
Greenland has the right to declare independence from Denmark since 2009. The island of 56,000 people, which relies on substaial financial transfers from Copenhagen each year, has so far refused to do so.
Trump has previously threatened to regain US corol of the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive tariffs for use of the Ceral American passage, drawing sharp criticism from Panamanian Preside Jose Raul Molino. became.
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