Greenland’s leader wants independence from Denmark after Trump suggested buying island

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-04 00:00:52 | Updated at 2025-01-06 01:47:13 2 days ago

Greenland’s leader wants independence from Denmark after Trump suggested buying island
The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | January 3rd, 2025 | Kieran Kelly

Posted on 01/03/2025 3:51:28 PM PST by Mariner

Greenland’s prime minister has reiterated his call for independence from Denmark after Donald Trump suggested the US could acquire the Arctic territory.

“It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be,” Mute Egede said in his new year’s speech.

Copenhagen announced in December it would boost defence spending in Greenland, the world’s largest island, by €1.3 billion (£1.04 billion) - just hours after Mr Trump said that Washington establishing “ownership and control” of the territory was an “absolute necessity”.

Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, when it was redefined as a district of Denmark, and established an independent parliament in 1979. However, Copenhagen continues to enact control over its foreign and defence policy.

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Greenland is 3.2 times the size of Texas and has a population of 57,000.

Both he and Denmark are delusional if they think they'll control the fate of the world's largest island, that is part of the North America continent.

As Trump said, it's acquisition is a "strategic imperative" for both the US and Europe.

1 posted on 01/03/2025 3:51:28 PM PST by Mariner

To: Mariner

Too bad Greenland, you are already owned.

To: Mariner

What Denmark could afford yearly to spend on Greenland, the US could afford to spend weekly. I think the US is more reliable in its willingness to support its territories than Denmark is.

3 posted on 01/03/2025 3:54:21 PM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )

To: Mariner

I think Greenland comes into the U.S. fold and we will all be better off for it.

4 posted on 01/03/2025 3:54:51 PM PST by SamAdams76

To: Mariner

It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be...

And China outbid all y'all so there.

5 posted on 01/03/2025 3:56:25 PM PST by AndyJackson

To: SamAdams76

The US would then pretty much surround Canada. Alaska Greenland and the US northern border.

6 posted on 01/03/2025 3:58:01 PM PST by xp38

To: Mariner

The Greenlanders will be allowed, as they cannot at this point under Denmark, run their state as another State under the laws of the US. They will have representation in the House and the Senate.

We still, I think, have Thule Airforce Base there, and Greenland has a load of strategic importance in minerals too.

Good people with a storied history to preserve.

But, it will never happen.

7 posted on 01/03/2025 4:00:45 PM PST by OpusatFR

To: Mariner

“”Copenhagen announced in December it would boost defence spending in Greenland””

Who are they defending against? Who’s their enemy?

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