{"id":2386823,"date":"2025-01-06T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greenlands-prime-minister-demands-independence-is-he-afraid-of-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:07:45","slug":"greenlands-prime-minister-demands-independence-is-he-afraid-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greenlands-prime-minister-demands-independence-is-he-afraid-of-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland&#8217;s Prime Minister Demands Independence &#8211; Is He Afraid of Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreenlands-prime-minister-demands-independence-is-he-afraid-of-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2386823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recently, Greenland&#8217;s\u2064 Prime Minister M\u00fate Egede has emphasized the need for the island to pursue independence from Denmark. His\u200b comments are notably linked to renewed\u200b interest from former U.S. President \u2064Donald Trump, who expressed intentions to acquire Greenland, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a> concerns\u2063 adn the geopolitical meaning of the territory due to its resources, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-congressman-who-pushed-china-divestment-kept-his-own-chinese-investments\/\" title=\"Dem Congressman Who Pushed China Divestment Kept His Own Chinese Investments\">rare earth minerals<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his statements, egede stressed that Greenland should shape \u2064its own future\u200b without \u200bthe\u200c notion \u2064of being \u2064for\u200c sale, declaring, &#8220;Greenland is ours; we are\u2063 not for sale and will never be for sale.&#8221; He highlighted that \u2064the upcoming electoral period should focus on establishing new steps\u2063 towards independence based on the groundwork already laid. This comes at a time when Trump&#8217;s interest in \u2062Greenland harkens back to past U.S.\u2062 administrations, which have\u2063 historically recognized the island&#8217;s strategic importance.<\/p>\n<p>Egede&#8217;s push for independence is framed as\u2062 a move to \u200denhance Greenland&#8217;s control over its own \u200bdiplomacy \u2063and international relationships while resisting external pressures and potential acquisitions. As\u2063 such, the dialog around Greenland&#8217;s independence is\u200d not onyl a matter of local governance but also interconnected with larger geopolitical dynamics involving \u2062major global powers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Greenland Prime Minister M&uacute;te Egede contended at the end of last month that the island territory should be independent from Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Those comments come after President-elect Donald Trump revealed that he will pursue an acquisition of Greenland by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The upcoming new election period must, together with the citizens, create these new steps, based on the foundations that have already been created,&rdquo; Egede said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/greenland-pm-seeks-independence-following-trump-acquisition-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But independence would not come with any sort of possible acquisition by the United States, according to the official.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Greenland is ours,&rdquo; Egede also said. &ldquo;We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Egede was indeed responding to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-delivers-ultimate-christmas-post-mocks-trudeau-says-go-1-group-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assertion<\/a> from Trump that the United States must acquire Greenland &ldquo;for purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Dec. 22 via <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113698764270730405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of reasons why that is the case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who also floated purchasing Greenland during his first term, likely recognizes that China is making inroads with a variety of governments around the world for economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-reverses-gas-flow-in-major-pipeline-serving-europe\/\" title=\"Russia Reverses Gas Flow in Major Pipeline Serving Europe\">geopolitical reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the communist nation&rsquo;s objectives is securing and maintaining supplies of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tried-warn-us-now-looks-like-china-will-use-dependence-resource-push-biden-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare earth minerals<\/a>, and Greenland has significant reserves of those strategically important materials.<\/p>\n<p>Trump may also be looking not only at the present, but also at the past, since other American commanders-in-chief have recognized Greenland as strategically important in times of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-the-sake-of-national-security-we-must-reopen-the-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" title=\"For The Sake Of National Security, We Must Reopen The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge\">global turmoil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Harry Truman once tried to negotiate an acquisition of Greenland, even proposing an outright purchase of the island for $100 million in gold, not to mention access to oil in Alaska, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/22\/753192368\/fact-check-did-harry-truman-really-try-to-buy-greenland-back-in-the-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> written in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to see calls for independence from the head of government in Greenland as isolated from the most recent interest in the territory from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he wants to avoid the island being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-doubles-down-slams-denmark-pms-nasty-jab-you-dont-talk-to-the-us-that-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auctioned<\/a> away to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, we will see in the coming months and years whether Trump can strike a deal.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He firmly stated, &#8220;Greenland is ours; we are not for sale,&#8221; in response to Trump&#8217;s assertion that U.S. control over Greenland is essential for national security. Trump has previously expressed interest in purchasing Greenland, recognizing its strategic importance amid global tensions and competition with China over rare earth minerals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2386824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/euros.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47289,9224,5894],"class_list":["post-2386823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-greenland","tag-independence","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/euros.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386827,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386823\/revisions\/2386827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}