Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede stated the island nation is “not on the market and can by no means be on the market,” after President-elect Donald Trump instructed the U.S. ought to take it over.
Trump posted on social media early Monday that “for functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, america of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” Greenland, a big icy Arctic island with over 50,000 residents, is a self-ruling territory of Denmark. Greenland’s chief responded swiftly.
“Greenland is ours,” Egede wrote. “We’re not on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom.”
The publish got here simply hours after Trump introduced his intention to nominate Ken Howery for U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Howery was the U.S. ambassador to Sweden throughout Trump’s first time period.
This is not the primary time Trump has instructed the U.S. someway buy the island. In 2019, throughout Trump’s first time period, he stated he was contemplating shopping for Greenland for strategic causes. Greenland’s management made it clear the island was not on the market then, too.
Over the weekend, Trump additionally appeared to recommend the U.S. ought to take over the Panama Canal, which is owned and operated by the Panama government-owned Panama Canal Authority. The U.S. makes use of the canal greater than another nation, in accordance with the U.S. State Division, with 72% of all ships heading to or from U.S. ports.
Panama President José Raúl Mulino responded that “each sq. meter” of the canal “belongs to Panama and can proceed belonging to Panama.”
“We’ll see about that!” Trump posted after Mulion’s reponse.
The Panama Canal was constructed by the U.S. within the early twentieth century, and was returned by way of a treaty to Panama by former President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
