Trump’s Play for ‘Ownership and Control’ of Greenland Pushes Prime Minister Egede to Declare Independence From Former Colonial Ruler Denmark
Incoming President Donald J. Trump has several times now manifested his intention of making Greenland part of the United States, stating that control and ownership of the massive North Atlantic Island is vital to the National Security of the country.
And while many times this interest is couched in humor and memes, by now we know that Trump is dead serious about it.
In August 2019, Donald Trump tweeted a meme of a Trump Tower looming over a small village in Greenland, and captioned it with a ‘promise’ not to build such a tower there.
More recently, after his historic landslide victory, on December, he again mentioned the issue, making it from joke to actual US policy under his administration.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede was quick to dismiss the idea but, as the days pass by, he has now publicly emphasized his desire to pursue independence from Denmark, its former colonial ruler.
During his New Year speech, Egede made a significant change in the rhetoric surrounding the island’s future.
Reuters reported:
“Egede’s speech, which comes on the heels of comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressing his wish for ‘ownership and control’ of Greenland, also expressed a desire to strengthen Greenland’s cooperation with other countries.
‘It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be’, he said.
An independence movement has gained traction in Greenland in recent years in part due to revelations of misconduct by Danish authorities during the 20th century, including an involuntary birth control campaign launched in the 1960s.”
Denmark colonized Greenland until 1953, but now the artic island is a self-governing territory of Denmark that has since 2009 achieved the right to claim independence through a vote.
“’The history and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality’, Egede said.”
Greenland’s government has twice rejected the overtures by Trump to purchase the island, asserting that ‘Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale’.
“The speech did not mention Trump or the United States. Greenland’s capital Nuuk is closer to New York than the Danish capital Copenhagen. Despite the wealth of mineral, oil, and natural gas resources, Greenland’s economy remains fragile, heavily dependent on fishing and annual grants from Denmark.”
NEW: Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede calls for independence from Denmark as Donald Trump ramps up his calls for acquiring the territory.
“It is now time to take the next step for our country,” Egede said.
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“It is now time to take the next step for our country. Like other countries in the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation, which we can describe as the shackles of the colonial era, and move on. Our cooperation with other countries, and our trade relations, cannot continue to take place solely through Denmark. Work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state. It is necessary to take major steps… The upcoming new election period must, together with the citizens, create these new steps.”
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