Denmark Trump: Greenlanders want to be together with the USA
US President Donald Trump assumes that the island of Greenland will join the USA of its own free will. He thinks that Greenland, which belongs to Denmark, will come to an arrangement with the USA, Trump said on board the government aircraft Air Force One, according to journalists traveling with him. In his opinion, the approximately 55,000 inhabitants want to belong to the USA. He did not really know what claim Denmark had to the island. But it would be a very unfriendly act if Denmark did not allow an agreement between Greenland and the USA.
26.01.2025, 09:35
SDA
Greenland's head of government Múte B. Egede said a few days ago that the future of Greenland would be determined by the Greenlanders themselves, not by others. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also confirmed this.
Greenland is largely autonomous, but is officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The largest island in the world with its important geopolitical location in the Arctic has aroused Trump's desires, which Trump has repeatedly underlined with sometimes drastic words. He has not ruled out military and economic coercion in order to gain control of the island.
Trump again justified his interest in Greenland by saying that it was about protecting the free world. The USA could guarantee freedom. Trump went on to say that Russian and Chinese ships were currently there. This is not a good situation.
