Greenlanders want to join the United States

US President Donald Trump said he expects Greenland to voluntarily join the United States.
Journalists accompanying the US President on board the presidential plane, Air Force One, quoted Trump as saying that he believed that Greenland, which officially belongs to Denmark, would agree with the United States, noting that the island’s population, numbering about 55 thousand people, wanted to join the United States. .
Trump added that he was not sure about Denmark’s right to the island, pointing out that Denmark’s failure to allow any agreement between Greenland and the United States would be an extremely unfriendly act.

The Prime Minister of Greenland, Miot P. Egedy, said a few days ago that the future of Greenland will be decided only by its residents, and not by any other parties.
This was also confirmed by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Greenland enjoys broad autonomy, but is officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The island, which is the largest in the world and has an important geographical location in the Arctic, greatly aroused Trump’s interest, as he repeatedly expressed his ambition to control it using sharp expressions.
Trump did not rule out resorting to using military or economic means to achieve this.
Trump re-justified his interest in Greenland by saying that it is about protecting the free world, considering that the United States is able to guarantee freedom, and noted the presence of Russian and Chinese ships in the region at the present time, considering that this is not a good situation.
“We are from Greenland and we do not want to be Americans,” the Prime Minister of Greenland said on May Tuesday, the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States after declaring his ambitions for this autonomous Danish region.
During a press conference, Miot Egde reiterated that “the fate of Greenland is decided in Greenland,” while acknowledging that the situation is “difficult.”
While Trump did not mention Greenland in his inauguration speech Monday, he was asked about it by reporters in the Oval Office afterward.
“Greenland is a wonderful place, and we need it for international security,” he replied, adding, “I’m sure Denmark will accept the idea, as it costs them a lot of money to maintain it.”