Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told President-elect Donald Trump “Greenland is not for sale” during a phone call this week, according to a press release from her office, as Trump continues to express interest in acquiring the Danish territory.
Greenland, a vast but sparsely populated Arctic island, has been transformed by the climate crisis in recent decades.
The prime minister of Greenland has an answer for President-elect Donald Trump on his latest push to acquire the territory.
Mute Egede promised continued goodwill but said his country has no interest in becoming part of the United States
Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making. Just not that kind of deal-making.
According to a common variation of this argument, gaining a greater degree of control over Greenland — either by buying it, annexing it or striking a new deal with its government — would serve America’s immediate geopolitical and economic interests,
President-elect Donald Trump speaks about his ambitions for buying Greenland from Denmark and retaking the Panama Canal despite a treaty.
In her call with Trump, Mette Frederiksen also reiterated the Greenland PM's comments that it was "not for sale"
The president-elect's son, Donald Trump Jr., recently claimed that Greenlandic people "love America and Trump." Fox News didn't make it seem that way.
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Monday the country is looking to strengthen its defence and mining ties with the United States, albeit on its own terms, following renewed interest from U.S.
Múte Egede, the Danish territory's prime minister, reminded the U.S. president-elect of the Greenlandic people's interests.