US president-elect raises issue of control of Denmark territory five years after proposing to buy it during first term

Greenland’s elected leader said the gigantic Arctic island is not for sale after Donald Trump once again raised the issue of “ownership and control” of the vast territory that has been part of Denmark for more than 600 years.

“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede, said in a written comment.

The US president-elect on Sunday announced that he had picked Ken Howery, a former envoy to Sweden, as his ambassador to Copenhagen, and commented on the status of Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.

“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    39·
    2 days ago

    or doing absolutely nothing to stop or question him.

    this is what i just can’t wrap my head around… they’ve had four years to do something about this fucking thing, instead of the absolutely fucking nothing they’ve been doing the whole time

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
      310·
      2 days ago

      the person actively causing harm is not the problem the real fault lies in the people not stopping them

      I really do not understand this rhetoric. It’s illogical.

      And I see it applied to all sorts of problems these days. Indicating a serious gap and incredible thinking ability in our society.