After President-elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling “the ownership and control of Greenland” an “absolute necessity,” Greenland’s prime minister let him know in no uncertain terms that it wouldn’t be happening.
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Trump posted on his platform ‘Social Truth’ that “the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
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Not long afterward, Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the following in a written comment that rebuked Trump’s suggestion:
“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”
Trump was harshly criticized.
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Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, alongside the Faroe Islands, the only other autonomous territory within the Kingdom. Citizens of both Greenland and the Faroe Islands are full citizens of Denmark. As one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union, Greenland’s citizens are also recognized as EU citizens.
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The United States has long recognized Greenland’s strategic importance. In 1946, the U.S. even proposed purchasing Greenland from Denmark, offering $100 million in gold as part of the deal. Of course, that never panned out and the U.S. has no claim to Greenland in any way, shape, or form—regardless of what Trump might think.
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You can never convince me that this wasn’t directly ordered by Putin himself. It’s his exact MO and Drumpf is his leashed pet.