Greenland's prime minister says island isn't for sale as Trump seeks control 'one way or the other'
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Greenland’s prime minister has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.” Múte Bourup Egede made the statement Wednesday, just hours after Trump declared in his speech to a joint session of Congress that he intended to gain control of Greenland “one way or the other.”

Summary

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede firmly rejected Trump’s vow to acquire the island, declaring, “Greenland is ours.”

His statement came after Trump told Congress that the U.S. supports Greenland’s self-determination but will “get it one way or another” for security reasons.

Trump’s remarks, made a week before Greenland’s elections, have fueled discussions on full independence from Denmark.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen downplayed Trump’s comments, highlighting Greenland’s decision-making process. Amidst growing interest in severing ties with Denmark, Greenlanders will vote Tuesday.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
    89·
    24 hours ago

    He threatens to invade places like Greenland or Canada because it normalizes what Russia did to Ukraine.

    The only reason he doesn’t invade them is because he thinks he wouldn’t survive the politics of doing so back home.

    Perhaps near the end of hos “term” he’ll try something then site the conflict as to why the US isn’t going to have an election.

    … he’ll point to Zelensky and say “so it’s fine when he postpones elections for a war, but not me?” - Russia might hack a few things to give his claims of election insecurity appear valid.

    “We can’t hold elections due to the fact we’re under martial law, and due to the hackers from the other side, and due to the on going conflict. For these reasons and more, the election is being postponed.” - Donald Trump, 2028

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    11·
    20 hours ago

    that whole section of him talking was chilling. military recruitment highlighting the navy and then talk on panama and greenland. Feels like the. Oh of course hes not going to do something like that aaannnndddd we are at war. or. the ole. he did not start ww3 which is such an accomplishment for him.

    • TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      19 hours ago

      My feeling as today’s designated Arm Chair General is: he’ll invade Greenland before Easter, then wage a 3-front war on Canada. Plus pulling the plug from Canada’s internet, cloud services etc., and of course ramping up the trade war, blockading their harbors etc.
      Then, US forces will blockade the Mediterranean, using Israel as their stronghold, and relieve what’s left of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The US plan for Europe is to get the Blue Banana and especially ASML under their control. What Russia will get, I don’t know.
      Despite all the hope-against-hope rhetoric that routinely comes up in these threads, none of this going to be a problem. In fact, I’m willing to bet money that there will be a completely new world order before Christmas.
      And then the stripping of citizen’s rights and the cleansing of “unwanted elements” will start.

      • GloomyEnglish
        6·
        18 hours ago

        I think you are painting the blackest picture, but the fact that this is not an unlikely scenario is frightening.

        Europe is not ready to fight Russia without America. It wouldn’t last three months against Russia + America and possibly China.

        I don’t know what will happen from now on. And I think that’s the one thing we can be certain of: The world is now a place that is a lot less predictable. The post WWII Word order is over.

  • Lit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    23 hours ago

    Send US the application form to leave NATO since they wish to leave. Start the process going. Call his bluff and keep asking for his resignation from NATO. Once US is out of NATO. NATO can protect Greenland from US invasion and provide nuclear cover.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    22 hours ago

    I feel like we should have more fear of 50,000 Greenlanders. I don’t know why — we have nukes and a zillion well-trained soldiers — but it’s the same instinct that I feel about fighting someone who is really good at pool or has a face tattoo. They will retreat to the ice and we’ll have a bunch of troops from Florida slipping and sliding while a Greenlander pops out of an ice crevice and harvests their livers for winter.

    Don’t fuck with people who live in extreme environments is like History of War 101. I wouldn’t even sass a penguin, much less get in a gun brawl with someone who voluntarily lives in Siberia. I saw Planet Ice. They melt their gas with blow torches just to get to work.