Danish Minister responds to Trump’s renewed push to buy Greenland

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has addressed the renewed interest from President-elect Donald Trump in acquiring Greenland.  

Trump has previously expressed his interest in purchasing the Danish territory, claiming it would “benefit tremendously” under US governance.  

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Greenland, strategically located in the Arctic, holds significant geopolitical value.

It is also home to untapped mineral resources, including coal, zinc, copper, iron ore, diamonds, and oil.  

Last month, Trump posted on Truth Social, asserting that the US should take control of Greenland “for purposes of national security and freedom.”  

Speaking to reporters, Rasmussen acknowledged Greenland’s growing independence movement. 

He noted that it was “hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States.”  

Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., further fuelled the controversy with a recent visit to Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. 

His trip coincided with Trump’s threats of economic penalties against Denmark and suggestions of using military force if necessary to secure Greenland.  

Despite Trump’s assertions, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken dismissed the idea, calling it “obviously not a good one.”  

Greenland’s Prime Minister, Múte Egede, firmly declared: “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale.”  Trump’s interest in Greenland is not without precedent.

In 1946, former US President Harry Truman offered Denmark $100 million in gold to purchase the territory. 

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