The claim that Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede, made a cheeky post on social media about Trump's inauguration was labeled as satire.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to seize Greenland to take advantage of its strategic location and vast natural resources.
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede said that the island, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, doesn't want to be subordinate to either
Greenland’s prime minister weighed in on President-elect Trump’s proposal to acquire the island territory, arguing that the nation intends to keep working toward independence from Denmark.
Greenland is a unique territory with Indigenous majority and partial independence from Denmark, and any attempt by President-elect Trump to annex it would be met with resistance from its leaders
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said that he’s “ready to talk” with President-elect Donald Trump following his repeated calls to acquire the island. When asked if he was in touch with Trump at the Friday press conference in Copenhagen,
The prime minister of the Greenland says the people of his mineral-rich Arctic territory don't want to be Americans but that he's open to greater cooperation with the United States.
While Trump has cited “national security” reasons for wanting to acquire the island inhabited by about 56,000 people, there’s another big appeal that he’s been leaving out of his press conferences. Greenland is a treasure trove of minerals the U.S. needs to compete with China, and the island hasn’t been quick (enough) to fork them over.
Greenland's prime minister, Mute Bourup Egede, has firmly rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's recent proposal to purchase the island from Denm
Surprisingly, Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede, during his visit to Copenhagen yesterday, didn’t just meet with the King but also with the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Alan Leventhal.The U.
The U.S. already has a permanent military presence at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland's northwest. A purchase could heighten tensions with Russia and lead to direct competition with China, which has increased its Arctic mining presence in recent years.