Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede lately declared his intentions for the island’s future, stating taking main steps to achieve independence from Denmark is “necessary.”
Egede’s remarks, which comply with a Dec. 22 submit on Reality Social by President-elect Donald Trump advocating for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, centered on the premise of secession from Denmark.
“The upcoming new election period must, together with the citizens, create these new steps, based on the foundations that have already been created,” Egede mentioned. “It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be.”
Homes are seen on the shoreline in Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Common Photographs Group through Getty Photographs)
Trump tried in his first time period to purchase the mineral-rich, geographically necessary territory in what he referred to as a “large real estate deal,” Fox Information Digital beforehand reported.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede mentioned final week. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
The Sedco 709 offshore oil drilling rig in Davis Straight, between southwest Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)
American interest in Greenland dates back to the 1800’s.
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In 1867, the State Department explored buying both Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic importance, Fox News reported. After World War II, Denmark turned down a $100 million offer from President Harry Truman for the island.
Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach from Egedal Municipality are received by Danish Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian to a gala dinner for Prince Christians 18th birthday at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, on October 15, 2023. 200 young people from the country’s 98 municipalities as well as the Faroe Islands and Greenland participated in October 15’s gala dinner. (Photo by Emil Nicolai Helms / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by EMIL NICOLAI HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Acquiring the land would mark the largest expansion of American territory in history, topping the Louisiana Purchase.
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“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said last week. “We aren’t on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom.
Fox Information Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.
