The Prime Minister of Greenland has issued a powerful six-word statement to Donald Trump amid the president-elect’s interest in purchasing Danish territory.
During an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Mute Egede said residents in his country “don’t want to be Americans” and “don’t want to be part of the United States.”
Fox News chief political host Bret Baier asked Greenland’s prime minister: ‘You’ve heard the president-elect’s statements. What do you think of all that?
Egede responded: ‘We will always be part of NATO. We will always be a strong partner to the US.
‘We are close neighbors, we have cooperated for the last 80 years and I think the future has a lot to offer for cooperation, but we also want to be clear.
In a cold six-word statement directed at Trump, he said, “We don’t want to be Americans.”
“We don’t want to be part of the US, but we want strong cooperation with the US.”
It comes after the US president-elect caused upheaval in Copenhagen and Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, last week when he signaled that the US wanted to acquire the huge Arctic island.
OM Mute Egede of Greenland said residents in his country “don’t want to be Americans” and “don’t want to be part of the United States.”

The US president-elect caused upheaval in Copenhagen and Nuuk last week when he signaled that the US wanted to acquire the massive Arctic island.
In a 45-minute phone call on Wednesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told Trump that Denmark was prepared to increase its responsibility for security in the Arctic.
He also reiterated the statements of Egede, who recently stated that Greenland was not for sale.
Trump did not react publicly to the call. However, it reposted on its TruthSocial platform a 2019 poll indicating that 68 percent of Greenlanders supported independence from Denmark.
A referendum on independence is believed to be on the cards and Denmark has said it will respect any result.
Baier went on to question Egede in Thursday’s interview about what Greenland residents would vote for if they had the chance to become independent from Denmark.
“It’s up to the Greenlandic people to decide when we want to be independent, and I think it’s important to see that if Greenland takes those steps, we will always be part of the Western alliance and a strong partner for the United States because its security is critical.” our security,” the prime minister responded.
“As you know, President Trump can be persuasive,” Baier said. “Are you saying tonight that Greenland is not for sale?”
Egede concluded: ‘Greenland and the future of Greenland will be decided by the Greenlandic people, and the Greenlandic people do not want to be Danes, the Greenlandic people do not want to be Americans.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (R) told Trump that Denmark was willing to increase its responsibility for security in the Arctic.

Greenland is rich in minerals and has a strategic location in the Arctic, although an inhospitable climate
“The Greenlandic people want to be part of the Western alliance as Greenlandic people.”
The last time he was president, Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland for its oil, minerals and geopolitical benefits.
“We need Greenland for national security reasons,” Trump said this month, before suggesting that Denmark may not even have “any legal claim to it.”
Last week, Trump threatened Denmark with high tariffs if the country did not give up Greenland.
The suggestion raised alarm bells among Danish industry leaders, as the United States is Denmark’s second-largest export market and any targeted tariffs would have a significant impact on the Danish economy.
Then, earlier this week, Egede said his government was ready to begin dialogue with the incoming Trump administration.
But opposition MP Rasmus Jarlov disapproved of Frederiksen’s approach.
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