Greenland’s Prime Minister Mutt Egged recently announced his intentions for the island’s future and said major steps towards independence from Denmark were “necessary”.
Egged’s comments follow President-elect Donald Trump’s Dec. 22 post on Truth Social advocating for “ownership and control” of Greenland, focusing on the basis for secession from Denmark.
“The upcoming new electoral period must work with citizens to develop these new steps, building on the foundations that have been established,” Egged said. “Now is the time for us to take a step ourselves and shape our future, including who we will fight with Close cooperation and who our trading partners are.”
Houses on the coast of Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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According to previous reports by Fox News Digital, Trump spent his first term trying to buy mineral-rich and geographically important territory through what he called “mega-real estate deals.”
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Mutt Egede said last week. “We are not for sale and never will be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
The Sedco 709 offshore oil drilling platform is located on Davis Straight between southwestern Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)
U.S. interest in Greenland dates back to the 1800s.
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In 1867, the U.S. State Department considered purchasing Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic importance, according to Fox News. after world war iiDenmark rejected President Harry Truman’s $100 million offer to buy the island.
On October 15, 2023, Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach from Ejdal were received by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian to attend the Christian Conference in Copenhagen Prince Christian’s 18th birthday dinner in Fort. (Photo by Emil Nicola Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)/Denmark OUT (Photo by Emil Nicola Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images shooting) (Getty Images)
Acquisition of the land would mark the largest territorial expansion in U.S. history, surpassing the Louisiana Purchase.
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“Greenland is ours,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Mutt Egede said last week. “We are not for sale and never will be for sale. We must not lose our long fight for freedom.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this article.
