Danish leader's blunt five word response to Trump's plans to 'buy Greenland'
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The prime minister of Greenland said simply that 'we are not for sale' after Donald Trump again suggested he wanted the United States to take control of the island. Trump, 78, made the stark declaration Sunday night as he announced his pick for ambassador to Denmark, PayPal co-founder Ken Howery, who also served as the US ambassador to Sweden from 2019 to 2021.
![[The island's Prime Minister Mute Egede quickly sought to quash any chance of a deal]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/23/93443023-14222869-image-a-11_1734997227759.jpg)
'For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,' he wrote on Truth Social. The island's Prime Minister Mute Egede quickly sought to quash any chance of a deal.
![[Trump, 78, made the stark declaration Sunday night as he announced his pick for ambassador to Denmark, PayPal co-founder Ken Howery, who also served as the US ambassador to Sweden from 2019 to 2021]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/23/93443027-14222869-image-a-12_1734997253105.jpg)
'Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,' he said in a statement. The world's largest island, Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory with its own parliament, about 55,000 inhabitants, and a small pro-independence movement.
It relies on Denmark to fund more than half of its public budget. Trump on Sunday posted that 'for purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.'.
![[U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Black Ridge Viewing site in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, May 20, 2021. Blinken ruled out the possibility of the US buying Greenland after Trump suggested a move to purchase the territory in 2019]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/23/43269579-14222869-U_S_Secretary_of_State_Antony_Blinken_visits_the_Black_Ridge_Vie-a-14_1734997377653.jpg)
Donald Trump again suggested he wanted the United States to take control of Greenland. The island's Prime Minister Mute Egede quickly sought to quash any chance of a deal. He previously expressed interest in buying Greenland during his first presidential term.
