Greenland responds to Trump: "We are not for sale"
US President-elect Donald Trump re-accused Panama, on Saturday, of imposing exorbitant fees for the use of the Panama Canal, reopening the file of the strategic canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. On the other hand, it seemed, on the other hand, a possible sign of the expected shift in American diplomacy during the era of Republican President.
Panamanian President Jose Raul Molino responded to the threats of US President-elect Donald Trump regarding the return of sovereignty over the Panama Canal by the United States, stressing that "Sovereignty and independence of Panama" They are not negotiable.
After the Panama Canal crisis with Trump, the Prime Minister of the island of Greenland (autonomous within the Kingdom of Denmark), Meute Egede, confirmed that the island “is not for sale,” following statements by US President-elect Donald Trump, In which he described controlling the island as an “absolute necessity.” To the United States of America.
Egede said – in a written statement reported by press sources -: “Greenland belongs to us. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” according to what was reported. American magazine Newsweek on Monday.
These statements came after Trump wrote on the “Truth Social” platform: “For the purposes of national security and freedom around the world, the United States believes that the monarchy Controlling Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
It is noteworthy that this is not the first time that Trump has put forward the idea of buying Greenland. In 2019, he put forward the same proposal during his first presidential term, which sparked widespread criticism from politicians in Denmark. And Greenland.
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