Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Tuesday that no country should be easily helped by another.
“We cannot build a world order in which countries, if they are large enough, can help themselves with whatever they want, no matter what they call themselves.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also commented on President Trump’s second term, emphasizing the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination.
Frederiksen also said Europe would have to “get over a new reality” and that “the next four years will be difficult.”
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Tuesday that “Greenland is not for sale” and that the island wants to bet on its future and does not want to become part of the United States.
“Let’s be clear: we don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be part of the United States.”
“We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes,” he repeated.
After entering the Oval Office on Monday, President Trump reiterated his claims about the island. “Greenland is a wonderful place. We need it for international security.”
“I’m sure Denmark will follow… It costs a lot of money to keep Denmark up and running,” he added.
Greenland, with a population of approximately 55,000, is an autonomous region of Denmark. The island is rich in fossil fuels and minerals.
Trump first proposed acquiring Greenland from Denmark in 2019. His proposal sent ripples through the international community.
Because he did not win a second US election, the world did not have to grapple with the sudden and unexpected expansion of US Arctic territory.
But his victory in November and his insistence that Greenland is “absolutely necessary” to U.S. security brought the issue back to the forefront of international affairs.
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