‘We do not want to be Americans’: Greenland PM reacts to Trump’s latest remarks
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'We will make you rich. And together we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before,' Trump said in his televised address to Congress.
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede reasserted Wednesday that Greenland cannot be bought, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump, who said the United States would acquire the territory “one way or another” during his speech to Congress on Tuesday in Washington.
“Kalaallit Nunaat is ours,” Egede wrote on Facebook, using Greenlandic for the “Land of the People” or the “Land of the Greenlanders.”
Egede’s remarks come after Trump said the United States had “a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland” while addressing a joint session of Congress in a televised speech on Tuesday.
“We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,” Trump said halfway through his 90-minute speech. “We will keep you safe. We will make you rich. And together we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.”
Trump also said his administration was “working with everybody involved to try to get it,” referring to his wishes to acquire Greenland from Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally.
“We need it really for international world security. And I think we’re going to get it. One way or the other, we’re going to get it,” Trump said.
“It’s a very small population, but a very, very large piece of land. And very, very important for military security.”
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, asked about Trump’s latest comments on Wednesday, said he did not think Greenlanders wanted to separate from Denmark in order to become “an integrated part of America.”
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