Greenland’s Prime Minister wants independence following Trump’s comments about the acquisition

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede recently announced his intentions for the island’s future, saying that taking major steps towards independence from Denmark is “necessary.”

Egede’s comments, following a December 22 tweet by President-elect Donald Trump’s Truth Social that advocated “ownership and control” of Greenland, focused on the basis of secession from Denmark.

“During the upcoming new elections, we must, in collaboration with the citizens, build these new measures, based on the foundations that have already been built,” said Egede. “It’s time for us to take a step and shape our future, and about who we will work closely with, and who we will trade with.”

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Trump tried during his first term to buy mineral-rich, nationally important land in what he called a “major real estate deal,” Fox News Digital previously reported.

“Greenland is ours,” said Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede last week. “We are not selling and we will never be sold, we must not lose our long struggle for freedom.

The Sedco 709 offshore oil rig in Davis Straight, between southwest Greenland and Baffin Island. (Getty Images)

American interest in Greenland began in the 1800s.

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In 1867, the State Department considered buying both Greenland and Iceland, recognizing its strategic importance, Fox News reported. After World War IIDenmark rejected a $100 million offer from President Harry Truman for the island.

Anne-Sofie Toernsoe Olesen and Alexander Lüders Rix Bach from Egedal Municipality are welcomed by Danish Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian at Prince Christian’s 18th birthday dinner in Christmasborg Castle in Copenhagen, October 15, 2023. people from the country’s 98 municipalities and the Faroe Islands and Greenland participated in the gala dinner on October 15. (Photo by Emil Nicolai Helms / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by EMIL NICOLAI HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The land acquisition would mark the largest expansion of American territory in history, surpassing the Louisiana Purchase.

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“Greenland is ours,” said Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede last week. “We are not selling and we will never be sold, we must not lose our long struggle for freedom.

Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.