Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede has blunt 6-word message for Trump amid moves to take over country
Greenland’s prime minister has issued a blunt six-word statement to Donald Trump, amid the newly elected president’s interest in purchasing Danish territory.
Mute Egede said during an interview with Fox News on Thursday that residents of his country “don’t want to be American” and “don’t want to be part of the United States.”
Bret Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor, asked Greenland’s prime minister: “You’ve heard the statements from the newly elected president. What do you think?’
Egede fired back: ‘We will always be part of NATO. We will always be a strong partner for the US.
“We are close neighbors, we have worked together for the past 80 years and I think the future has a lot to offer to work with, but we also want to be clear.
In a cold six-word statement to Trump, he said, “We don’t want to be Americans.
“We don’t want to be part of the US, but we want strong cooperation with the US.”
It comes after the US president-elect sparked unrest in Copenhagen and Greenland’s capital Nuuk last week when he signaled the US wanted to acquire the huge Arctic island.
Greenland’s OM Mute Egede said residents of his country ‘don’t want to be American’ and ‘don’t want to be part of the United States’

The US president-elect sparked unrest in Copenhagen and Nuuk last week when he signaled that the US wanted to acquire the huge Arctic island.
In a 45-minute phone call on Wednesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told Trump that Denmark is willing to increase its responsibility for Arctic security.
She also repeated the statements of the Egede, who recently said that Greenland was not for sale.
Trump did not publicly respond to the call. However, he reposted a 2019 poll on his TruthSocial platform, which showed that 68 percent of Greenlanders supported independence from Denmark.
It is thought a referendum on independence will take place, and Denmark has said it will respect any outcome.
Baier questioned Egede in Thursday’s interview about what Greenland residents would vote for if given the opportunity to gain independence from Denmark.
“It is up to the Greenlandic people to decide when we want to be independent, and I think it is important to see that if Greenland takes those steps, we will always be part of the Western alliance and a strong partner for the US, because your safety is important. our safety,” the Prime Minister responded.
“President Trump, as you know, can be persuasive,” Baier noted. “Are you saying tonight that Greenland is not for sale?”
Egede concluded: ‘Greenland and the future of Greenland will be decided by the Greenlandic people, and the Greenlandic people do not want to be Danes, the Greenlandic people do not want to be American.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (right) told Trump that Denmark is ready to increase its responsibility for Arctic security

Greenland is rich in minerals and has a strategic location in the Arctic, but an inhospitable climate
“Greenlandic people, like Greenlandic people, want to be part of the Western alliance.”
When he was last president, Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland for its oil, minerals and geopolitical advantages.
“We need Greenland for national security purposes,” Trump said this month, before suggesting that Denmark may not even have “any legal right to it.”
Last week, Trump threatened Denmark with high tariffs if the country did not give up Greenland.
The suggestion raised alarm bells among Danish industry leaders, as the US is Denmark’s second-largest export market and any targeted tariffs would have a significant impact on the Danish economy.
Then earlier this week, Egede said his administration was ready to start a dialogue with the new Trump administration.
But opposition member Rasmus Jarlov said he disapproved of Frederiksen’s approach.
Writing on X/Twitter he said: ‘It is completely unacceptable [Frederiksen] renounces Denmark’s rights to Greenland and vests sovereignty solely in the [Greenlander] self-government when she talks to the President of the United States.”