President Donald Trump’s declaration that Greenland needs to be purchased by the U.S. is not going away anytime soon. Greenland has responded, in part, by electing people who support independence from the Danes, a move that would have to happen first before the U.S. could “buy” the rare-mineral-rich island.
Outgoing Greenland prime minister Múte Boroup Egede said of visits by Trump officials to the island, “it must be stated in bold that our integrity and democracy must be respected without any external interference.” The Dutch PM, Mette Fredericksen, called the scheduled visit “unacceptable pressure” from the U.S.”
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Elsewhere, there is growing frustration in Denmark and Greenland over the growing US appetite to control the island.
The latest escalation comes as Usha Vance, the wife of US vice-president JD Vance set to attend the national dogsled race in Greenland later this week, with US national security adviser Mike Waltz and energy secretary Chris Wright also visiting a US military base on the island.
The visits are seen as interference with Greenland’s internal politics just weeks after recent elections, which did not show majority support for a closer relationship with the US, with a negotiation over the next government still on-going.
