Greenland rejects Trump’s takeover try: ‘We do not wish to be American’

The prime minister of Greenland declared his want for independence after Donald Trump refused to rule out navy pressure to take over the island.

The president-elect expressed a want to take in the mineral-rich Arctic territory, which is at present an autonomous a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, into america as a matter of nationwide safety.

Prime Minister Mute B. Egede stated that Greenland needs to be dominated by Greenlandic individuals in response to Trump, who doubled down on utilizing navy pressure or financial stress to amass the territory.

Edege additionally repeated in his remarks that Greenland seeks independence from Denmark, which he describes as a colonial energy that has handled the indigenous Inuit inhabitants poorly.

“Greenland is for the Greenlandic individuals. We don’t wish to be Danish, we don’t wish to be American. We wish to be Greenlandic,” he stated at a information convention alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Trump’s eldest son Don Jr. took a visit to Greenland on Tuesday, the place he appeared to fulfill with locals.

Nevertheless, media reviews have solid doubt on the behind-the-scenes expertise.

Greenland is dwelling to 57,000 individuals and boasts an abundance of pure sources, together with oil, fuel and different uncommon Earth parts that might be launched because the ice caps soften.

Additionally it is strategically positioned within the Arctic, the place U.S. adversaries Russia and China wish to broaden their attain.

Greenland, the world’s largest island, is geographically nearer to the North American mainland than Denmark.

Copenhagen controls its overseas affairs and protection, although the U.S. additionally bears some accountability for Greenland’s protection because it hosts an air pressure base with a essential early-warning missile system on its territory.