Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede, reacted to President-elect Donald Trump’s ambition to purchase Greenland and mentioned that the nation shouldn’t be on the market and by no means will likely be. “Greenland is ours. We aren’t on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom,” Múte Egede, mentioned in a written remark. Donald Trump on Sunday introduced that he picked Ken Howery, a former envoy to Sweden, as his ambassador to Copenhagen after which commented that the US feels the possession of Greenland is absolute vital. “For functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, the USA of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote on Reality Social.
The assertion got here as Donald Trump expressed his want to convert Canada into the 51st state of the US and in addition purchase the Panama Canal.
So far as Greenland is worried, Donald Trump’s proposal shouldn’t be new as throughout his first presidency too, he advised shopping for the island however the proposal was rejected by each Greenland and Denmark.
At the moment, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen known as Trump’s supply absurd.
Why does US wish to purchase Greenland?
Since 1867, the US has on a number of events thought of or tried to purchase Greenland which isn’t a continent however the world’s largest island. Greenland is a part of the continent of North America, however it has shut geopolitical ties to Europe and has acquired EU funding because it’s classed as an abroad territory related to the bloc by way of Denmark.
Russia has just lately sought to say the territory to to Greenland’s Unique Financial Zone. Greenland has entry to the Arctic, the place the nations are racing for assets. Greenland’s pure assets embrace gold, silver, copper and uranium.
