“Greenland is ours and Trump must understand it”

Múte B. Egede Greenlandic regional president, has responded with forcefulness before the new messages of Donald Trump and its surroundings about an eventual annexation of the Arctic Island. In his triumphant speech on Tuesday before the Congress of Representatives, Trump said that, “in some way or another,” USA It will be done with Greenland.

However, Egede, in a text published on Facebook and illustrated with a photo of yours under a large Greenland flag, is sharp at the insistence of the White House: “Greenland (Greenland) is ours. Neither the United States nor any other country will decide who Greenland belongs. We do not want to be Americans and not Danish either. Are Kalaallit (Greenlands). Americans and their leader must understand it. We are neither for sale nor it is possible to appropriate us. Because we decided on our future in Greenland. “

In his speech at Congress, Trump spoke of the right of self -determination of the Greenlanders, but at the same time he expressed in a very insistent way the need for his country to be attached to the island: “I have a message for the fantastic people of Greenland. We fully support your right to decide on your future. If you choose, you will be welcome as part of the United States. We need Greenland for our national security and for international security. We will try to be next to all the parties involved. We really need it in relation to international security. “

The US president was very confident that he will achieve his goal and even promised the Greenlandes to make them rich: “I think, somehow or another, we will achieve it. We will guarantee your security. We will make you rich. Together we will take Greenland to a new level that you would never have imagined possible. Greenland does not have many inhabitants, but it is a huge and very, very important country for military security. “

Mike Waltz, Trump’s Security Minister, expressed himself along the same lines in a text published in X as soon as the speech of his boss is over: “The Greenlandic people must decide their own future and we will receive it with pleasure in our great nation. We can protect Greenland and provide well -being.”

Lars Løkke RasmussenMinister of Danish Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister from 2009 to 2011 and from 2015 to 2019, has highlighted everything that Trump mentions at least the right of self -determination of the Greenlanders: “It may seem like a banality, because it is part of international law, but coming from who is coming, it is an important fact. In any case, I am convinced that Greenland does not have the desire to integrate into the United States.”

It should be noted that, according to a survey published at the end of January by the newspapers Sermitsiaq y Berlingske, Only 6% of Greenlandes see with good eyes to the United Stateswhile 85% prefer for the moment to continue being part of the kingdom of Denmark.

Egede’s response, leader of the socialist formation Inuit Ataqatigiit (AI), reiterates the position he has maintained since Trump recovered his annexation project: Greenland is from the Greenlanders and is not sale. It also draws the attention you use in your message the official Inuit name of the island, Greenlandwhich can be translated as “land land.”

In this sense, it seems like a reminder intended for republican congressman Buddy Carter, who has registered a law proposal in Washington to rename the island as Red, White and Blueland. The European denomination of Greenland (Green Earth) dates back to its discovery by the Viking Erik El Rojo explorer, which reached south of the territory around 985 (about 100 years before Inuit migrants from the north were established in the area) and chose that name to attract new settlers.

Greenland, which has about 57,000 inhabitants and is currently an autonomy under Danish administration, will hold elections on March 11. Five of the six games that are presented wish to separate from Denmarkalthough they opt for prudence and admit that, due to the high economic dependence on Danish aid, it is an objective that must glimpse in the long term. In a debate held this week in the public chain Greenlands Nrk, Anne Hansen, candidate for the Autonomic Parliament for AI, came to say that her generation will perhaps be dead when the time comes.