Denmark has made it clear that Greenland is not for sale after Donald Trump Jr. landed on the island Tuesday.
According to The Hill, Trump Jr. was visiting the island to get footage for a podcast, and was joined by conservative pundit Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor, recently appointed to run the White House’s personnel office.
Greenland, located north-east of Canada in the Arctic Ocean, has a population of almost 60,000 people — and is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reportedly said during a TV interview Tuesday that Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede “has been very, very clear — that there is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future either.”
On Facebook in a translated post, Egede reiterated Frederiksen’s remarks and noted people shouldn’t get “caught up” in anything that distracts away from Greenland’s independence.
“Let me repeat — Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland. Our future and fight for independence is our business,” Egede wrote on Facebook, “While others, including Danes and Americans, are entitled to their opinions, but we should not be caught up in the hysteria and external pressures distract us from our path. The future is ours and ours to shape. We commit exercising our rights as people and fulfilling our duties with wisdom and care. Every day is spent on working to become independent. We can and we can cooperate.”
During President-elect Donald Trump’s fist remarks following the confirmation of the 2024 election results, Trump told reporters the U.S. needs Greenland for “national security purposes.”
“We need Greenland for national security purposes … People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it. But if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security — that’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world … You look outside you have China ships all over the place, you have Russian ships all over the place — we’re not letting that happen,” Trump said, adding if Denmark refused to let Greenland be part of the U.S., they could face heavy tariffs.
