Greenland Prime Minister’s response to Trump: Not for sale!

According to RCO News Agency, Prime Minister of Greenland Mot Ejad said in a written statement: 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 control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.

Trump, who will take office on January 20, did not elaborate on the statement.

Greenland, with Pitofik Air Base, is strategically important 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 interest 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 subsequently 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 substantial financial transfers from Copenhagen each year, has so far refused to do so.

Trump has previously threatened to regain US control of the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive tariffs for use of the Central American passage, drawing sharp criticism from Panamanian President Jose Raul Molino. became.

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