Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede these days acknowledged his functions for the island’s future, mentioning taking vital actions to get freedom from Denmark is “necessary.”
Egede’s statements, which adjust to aDec 22 message on Truth Social by President- select Donald Trump selling for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, targeting the idea 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 acknowledged. “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 by way of Getty Images)
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Trump tried in his preliminary time period to accumulate the mineral-rich, geographically essential area in what he referred to as a “large real estate deal,” Fox News Digital previously reported.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede acknowledged lately. “We usually are not on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom.
The Sedco 709 offshore oil drilling rig in Davis Straight, between southwest Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)
American curiosity in Greenland dates again to the 1800’s.
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In 1867, the State Department explored shopping for each Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic significance, Fox News reported. After World War II, Denmark turned down a $100 million supply from President Harry Truman for the island.
Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach from Egedal Municipality are obtained 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 younger individuals from the nation’s 98 municipalities in addition to 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 through Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Acquiring the land would mark the most important enlargement of American territory in historical past, topping the Louisiana Purchase.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede mentioned final week. “We are besides sale and will definitely by no means ever be obtainable. We must not shed our prolonged battle for flexibility.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr added to this story.
