President-elect Donald Trump shared his renewed curiosity Sunday within the U.S. controlling the autonomous territory of Greenland, which is owned by Denmark.
“For functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, the USA of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote in a press release saying that he had chosen Ken Howery to function ambassador to Denmark.
Greenland’s prime minister, Mute Egede, has already rejected Trump’s remarks, saying in a press release: “Greenland is ours. We aren’t on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy battle for freedom,” in response to Reuters.
Trump floated buying Greenland throughout his first time period as president on a number of events.
He informed reporters in 2019 in regards to the island, “Strategically it’s attention-grabbing, and we’d have an interest, however we’ll speak to them a bit bit.”
“First we have now to search out out whether or not or not they’ve any curiosity,” he added. “They’re shedding an amazing sum of money, so we’ll see what occurs.”
At that time, Denmark mentioned that Greenland was not on the market, which triggered Trump to cancel a visit he had scheduled to the nation. He mentioned in a tweet that Denmark is “a really particular nation with unimaginable individuals, however primarily based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s feedback, that she would have no real interest in discussing the acquisition of Greenland, I might be suspending our assembly scheduled in two weeks for one more time.”
Miles Taylor, who was chief of workers on the Division of Homeland Safety within the first Trump administration, informed MSNBC in 2020 that Trump had requested him and different officers in 2018 whether or not the U.S. may swap Greenland for Puerto Rico as a result of, in Trump’s phrases, “Puerto Rico was soiled and the individuals had been poor.” He mentioned the dialog occurred earlier than DHS officers traveled to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, to assist with the restoration from Hurricane Maria.
Greenland, between the North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean, is technically a part of North America and is the biggest island on the earth. Whereas a majority of Greenland is roofed in ice, about 57,000 individuals stay there.
The U.S. has thought-about buying Greenland a minimum of twice, together with in 1867 after which in 1946, when President Harry S. Truman proposed shopping for it for $100 million. Denmark rejected the provide.
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