Greenland PM rejects Trump claims he bought island
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Greenland Prime Minister Motti Borup Egede has rejected US President Donald Trump's claims on Tuesday evening that the United States is seeking to gain control of Greenland. "Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland's name in the local language) belongs to us, we don't want to be Americans or Danes; we are the people of Kalaallit, the Americans and their leader need to understand that, we are not for sale and we cannot be easily owned, our future will be decided by us in Greenland," Egede was quoted as saying by US media. This comes after Trump said in an earlier speech: "We need Greenland for our national security and even international security, we are working with all parties concerned to get it, and I believe we will get it one way or another, we will get it, we will keep you safe, we will make you rich, and we will take Greenland to horizons you never imagined before."
Greenland, located northeast of Canada, is the world's largest island, covered mainly by the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, with a population of only about 60,000. Greenland enjoys a strategic location between the United States, Russia and Europe, making it of economic and military importance, especially as melting sea ice opens up new shipping routes through the Arctic.
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