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"The status quo is not an option", the latter said: "Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic", but he understood America's strategic interest in his island. Egede said he wanted to be able to speak to a foreign leader without a Danish ambassador present. [234]
In 2019 both Greenland and Denmark rejected Trump's offer to buy the island. When Greenland was still a colony, the U.S. under then-President Harry Truman sought to buy the island as a strategic ...
While American expansion hasn’t been discussed much in recent times, the proposal to buy Greenland makes more sense if one understands the history of the Arctic. Buying the island would aim to ...
President-elect Donald Trump has argued that the U.S. should buy Greenland since his first term in the White House. The island, with 56,000 inhabitants, is an autonomous territory of Denmark, and ...
Greenland has been looking to boost its independence by diversifying its economy away from fishing. It opened a new airport in Nuuk in November as part of plans to increase tourism. But it still ...
In 2019, both Greenland and Denmark rejected Trump's offer to buy the island. When Greenland was still a colony, the United States under then-President Harry Truman sought to buy the island as a ...
When it comes to Greenland, Trump said he believes Denmark “should give it up, because we need it for national security. … I'm talking about protecting the free world. “You don't even need ...
Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland came shortly after he demanded Panama return ownership and control of the Panama Canal to the US, which the country’s president vehemently stood against.