Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede lately stated his purposes for the island’s future, mentioning taking significant actions to get freedom from Denmark is “necessary.”
Egede’s statements, which comply with aDec 22 message on Truth Social by President- choose Donald Trump promoting for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, concentrated on the basis 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 stated. “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.”
Houses are seen on the shoreline in Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/ UCG/Universal Images Group through Getty Images)
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Trump attempted in his initial term to acquire the mineral-rich, geographically crucial region in what he called a “large real estate deal,” Fox News Digital formerly reported.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede stated recently. “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 are except sale and will certainly never ever be available. We need to not shed our lengthy battle for flexibility.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr added to this tale.
