US President-elect Donald Trump has reignited his interest in purchasing Greenland, leading to tensions with Denmark. While Trump promotes the deal, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen insists Greenland's fate is in the hands of its people and that the island is not for sale.
Denmark ’s prime minister has said Greenland is “not for sale” after Donald Trump expressed a renewed interest in buying the Arctic island as he prepares for his second term as US president. But in an effort to defuse possible tensions with Trump, Mette Frederiksen stressed she was keen to co-operate with Washington in the Arctic — even as the US president-elect’s son arrived there on a visit. “We need a very, very close co-operation with the US.
On the other hand, I would like everyone to respect that Greenlanders are a people. It is their country that is at stake here,” she told TV2, adding that Greenland had to decide its own fate. Frederiksen conceded that the world’s largest island, which is an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark, was likely to pursue independence in the coming years. While she called that effort legitimate, she also emphasised that she hoped to keep the kingdom of Denmark intact. Her comments came after Trump reiterated his long-held ambition to buy the territory, putting pressure on Denmark’s government as the US president-elect’s son visited the Arctic island. Trump promised to “make Greenland great again” just before his son Donald Jr landed on the world’s largest island on Tuesday in what was billed as a “private visit”. “Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World,” the president-elect wrote on Truth Social. He repeated the call on Tuesday after Donald Jr’s arrival, adding: “This is a deal that must happen”. Trump stepped up his rhetoric in a later press conference, refusing to rule out using force to obtain the territory and saying that “we need Greenland for national security reasons”. He threatened to “tariff Denmark at a very high level” unless it handed over control of the islan
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