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2024, Donald Trump, Opinion

Greenland PM Viciously Shatters Trump’s Hopes Live On Fox News

The prime minister of Greenland has rejected the idea of the United States buying the territory.

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For many years, Donald Trump has been talking about the United States buying Greenland. During the leadup to his second inauguration, Trump has been talking about his Greenland plans once again, even sending his son, Donald Trump, Jr., to the island (with, according to one report, homeless people hired to imitate MAGA supporters).  Trump has also implied that he might even use force to bring Greenland under the U.S. umbrella.

However, the island’s leader has thrown some cold water on the Greenland idea.

Greenland, a territory of Denmark, has limited autonomy, including its own elected prime minister. That prime minister, Múte Egede, appeared this week on Fox News, where he made clear that his people don’t want the island to be purchased by the United States.

“We will always be a part of NATO. We will always be a strong partner for the U.S. We are close neighbors. We have been cooperating in the last 80 years, and I think the future has a lot to offer to cooperate with,” Prime Minister Egede said in an interview with Bret Baier. “But we want to also be clear… we don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be a part of the U.S., but we want a strong cooperation together with the U.S.”

Greenland also has an independence movement. And the prime minister said in the Fox interview that his people want to be “part of the Western alliance as Greenlandic people.”

The report follows a Fox News reporter’s visit to Greenland, where there was more evidence of skepticism about the idea of an American purchase:

Meanwhile, the New York Times wrote about Trump tapping Ken Howery, a venture capitalist and pal of Elon Musk, to handle negotiations for Greenland, even though neither Denmark nor Greenland appears to want any part of any such deal. Trump had made that announcement in late December:

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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