Mute Bourup Egede, the Prime Minister of Greenland, has shared a strong statement on Facebook as Trump brought up Greenland again in a speech during a Joint Session of Congress
President Trump highlighted Greenland's strategic value for U.S. security, while Prime Minister Egede firmly asserted Greenland's autonomy and future as an independent nation.
Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede firmly stated that Greenland will not be bought by the US, responding to President Trump's comments about acquiring the territory. Egede emphasized Greenland's autonomy and self-determination,
In a Facebook post published in Greenlandic and Danish, Múte Bourup Egede said that ... we welcome you into the United States of America,” Trump stated. He further promised to “keep you ...
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede wrote following Trump's speech, "We don’t want to be Americans, nor Danes; We are Kalaallit (Greenlanders)."
In his address to Congress Tuesday night, Trump gave conflicting messages to the citizens of Greenland. While he claimed to “strongly support” Greenlanders’ “right to determine [their] own future,” and promised to keep them safe and make them rich, the president also restated that the U.S. would succeed in acquiring the territory.