“Enough, that’s enough” : Outgoing Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, announced Thursday, March 13 “As soon as possible” Party leaders to jointly reject the words of Donald Trump who repeated wanted to annex the Arctic island. “This time, we have to harden our rejection of Trump. We should not continue to disrespect ourselves ”said on Facebook the Danish autonomous territory manager.
“The American president once again mentioned the idea of annexing us. I absolutely cannot accept this ”he writes. “I respect the result of the election, but I consider that I have an obligation as an acting leader of the government: I therefore asked the administration to summon the leaders of the parties as soon as possible”he explains.
Egede continues to govern Greenland pending the formation of a new government after its defeat in the legislative elections on Tuesday against a center -right party.
“It will happen”
Asked about his desire to attach the immense Arctic Island to the United States, Donald Trump responded Thursday, in the presence of the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, that he thought that “It will happen”. During his first mandate (2017-2021), he had already raised the idea of buying Greenland, attracting an end of inadmissibility from the Danish and Greenlandic authorities.
Returning to the White House in January, he for several months he hammered his desire to get his hands-without excluding force-on the territory deemed important to American security. During his speech before the congress on March 4, he said again that he wanted ” get ” Greenland, ” either way “. None of the Greenlandic parties support this possibility and the vast majority of the island’s population is also hostile, according to a survey published in January.
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