Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede recently announced his intentions for the island’s future, stating that taking major steps to gain independence from Denmark is “necessary.”
Egede’s comments, which follow a Dec. 22 post on Truth Social from President-elect Donald Trump advocating for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, focusing 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 laid,” Egede said. “It is time for us to take a step ourselves and shape our future, including with regard to who we will work closely with and who our trading partners will be.”
Houses can be seen on the coast in Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Trump tried to buy the mineral-rich, geographically important area during his first term in what he called a “major real estate deal.” Fox News Digital previously reported this.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said last week. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
The offshore oil drilling platform Sedco 709 in Davis Straight, between southwestern Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)
American interest in Greenland dates from the 19th century.
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In 1867, the State Department explored purchasing both Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic importance, Fox News reported. After the Second World WarDenmark has rejected a $100 million offer from President Harry Truman for the island.
Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach from the municipality of Egedal are received by Danish Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian at a gala dinner for Prince Christians’ 18th birthday at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, on October 15, 2023. 200 young people from the 98 municipalities of the country, the Faroe Islands and Greenland took part in the gala dinner of October 15. (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 U.S. territory in history, topping the Louisiana Purchase.
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“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said last week. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.
