The Prime Minister of Greenland, Múte Egede, He launched a series of blunt messages against the president of the United States, Donald Trump. Among them, he said: “We are not on sale.”
“Greenland is ours. We don’t want to be AmericansNor Danish, we are Greenlands. Americans and their leader must understand it. We are not for sale And they cannot acquire us without more, Because our future we decided“Wrote the chief of Greenlandic government in his account on the social network Facebook.
“We are not on sale”: Greenland’s message for Donald Trump
For his part, Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussenhe said that Greenlands “want to loosen their ties with Denmark” and that they are working for a “more egalitarian” relationship.
“But I have no idea that they want to do that to join the United States,” he said at a press conference in Helsinki. “That will not happen,” Danish Minister of Danish Trouls Lund Poulen also reacted Before the public medium DR, adding that “the direction that Greenland wants to take will be decided by the Greenlandes.”
Trump invited the eve of the people of Greenland to join the United States, during his speech before the joint session of the US Congress, where he stressed that Washington Ansía to incorporate the island to its territory for national security reasons and that will achieve that incorporation “in one way or another.”
Upcoming elections in Greenland
Greenland celebrates regional elections next Tuesday, March 11. His parliament On Tuesday, February 4, a law prohibiting that political parties receive anonymous or foreign donations.
Greenland has since 2010 a new statute of autonomy that recognizes the right of self -determination. All political forces with parliamentary representation support independence, but differ in the rhythms and in the way of sustaining it.
While the forces of Egede and the SIUMUT, the two main of the SILA, advocate first building a solid economic base, others such as The Naleraq – terminate parliamentary support – defends a faster process and the signing of an association treaty with the US.
Donald Trump defended the cuts of spending, tariffs and changes in gender policy: “The US is returned”
Trump gave his first speech on the state of the Union on Tuesday after his return to the White House. During your speech, He defended the cuts of spending, the new tariff barriers and changes in gender policy. “The United States is returned“He said.
The US head of state arrived at the House of Representativesin Congress, at 23.15, accompanied by legislators of the Republican Party. “The American dream is raising more than ever. Our country is on the way to being something that the world is never witnessed and may never witness“He said.
Source: Ambito
