Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede lately declared his intentions for the island’s future, stating taking main steps to achieve independence from Denmark is “mandatory.”
Egede’s remarks, which comply with a Dec. 22 publish on Fact Social by President-elect Donald Trump advocating for the “possession and management” of Greenland, targeted on the idea of secession from Denmark.
“The upcoming new election interval should, along with the residents, create these new steps, based mostly on the foundations which have already been created,” Egede mentioned. “It’s about time that we ourselves take a step and form our future, additionally with regard to who we are going to cooperate carefully with, and who our buying and selling companions will probably be.”
Homes are seen on the shoreline in Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Common Photos Group through Getty Photos)
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Trump tried in his first time period to purchase the mineral-rich, geographically essential territory in what he known as a “giant actual property deal,” Fox Information Digital beforehand reported.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede mentioned final week. “We aren’t 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 Photos)
American curiosity in Greenland dates again to the 1800’s.
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In 1867, the State Division explored shopping for each Greenland and Iceland, recognizing their strategic significance, Fox Information reported. After World Conflict 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 Fortress 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. (Photograph by Emil Nicolai Helms / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photograph by EMIL NICOLAI HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP through Getty Photos) (Getty Photos)
Buying the land would mark the biggest enlargement of American territory in historical past, topping the Louisiana Buy.
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“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede mentioned final week. “We aren’t on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom.
Fox Information Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.
