Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen tells Trump that Greenland must decide its own independence
The Danish leader talked with the president-elect about Denmark's constituent territory, which the Republican claimed to want to seek for the United States.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and President-elect Donald Trump
Donald Trump spoke with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, by telephone on an issue she has made a banner of her impending administration: the acquisition of Greenland.
The immense island, considered the largest on the planet, is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Although it has a local government, it is dependent on Copenhagen in matters of security, international relations and financial policy.
Trump and Frederiksen spoke for 45 minutes, the latter's office revealed. Among topics such as the Ukraine-Israel wars and relations with China, the Prime Minister argued that it was "up to Greenland to decide its independence," according to her office's statement.
Greenland's Prime Minister, Mute Egede, said just days ago that he was willing to talk to Trump, but that his country was not for sale: "We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlandic."
Taking possession of the island territory is an old longing of Washington, which Trump revived for the first time in 2018. In recent days, in addition to speaking openly about the matter again, the Republican sent his son Donald Trump Jr. to Greenland and did not rule out resorting to force to take possession of Greenland and the Panama Canal.
As explained specialized analyst Guillermo Lafferriere to VOZ, the interest in the island lies in "its geographical position in the North Atlantic." It is also rich in natural resources such as oil, gas and minerals, like coveted rare compounds.
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