The president of the United States (USA), Donald Trumphe does not stop at his attempt to get Greenland. At times that the country celebrates parliamentary elections in which its relationship with Denmark is settled, the Republican has promised the Greenlanders “billion dollars.” Something that, however, does not convince much on Arctic island despite the insistence of the American to which the regional president of Greenlandia, Múte B. Egede, demands “respect.”
Although the annexation to the US is not voted in these elections, Trump has addressed the Greenlandic people to encourage them to wish to join him, since “if they decide,” the Americans will give them “Welcome as part of the greatest nation ever in the world, the United States of America!”.
While their expansionist claims are obvious, this time he does not mention them by opting for seduction with other arguments he has exposed in a publication on his social truth platform. “We will continue to provide security, as we have done since World War II, and we are willing to invest billions of dollars To create jobs and make them rich, “said the president.
“We are not for sale and they cannot buy us without more, because we decided on our future in Greenland”
Arguments that at the moment do not fit in the Greenlandic society. According to a survey published a month and a half ago by the Danish newspaper ‘Berlingske’ and the Greenlandés ‘Sermitsiaq’, 85% of the population of Greenland refuses to be part of the US, while Only 6% is shown in favor of that eventual annexation. And it is that the polls also reflect that most Greenlanders prefer independence. Of course, not at any price or if it is a loss of the standard of living of a territory that 40% of the income is provided by Denmark.
A thought that this week has reiterated the regional president of the Arctic Island. “Greenland is ours. We do not want to be Americans, nor Danish, we are Greenlandes. Americans and their leader must understand it. We are not for sale and they cannot buy us without more, because our future we decided in Greenland, “said the socialist Mute B. Egede.
Although lending himself from a more restrained tone with respect to the Republican, Egede has asked Trump to treat with “respect” the Greenlanders, since since he assumed the position he has not done so. In an interview broadcast on Monday on Danish public television, the leader has admitted that “the things that happen in the world right now” are “worried a lot”, because “there is a world order that wobbles on many fronts (…) and a very unpredictable president in the US” who makes people feel insecure. ”
Egede has recalled that the huge Arctic Island, covered by 80% by perpetual ice that hides a great mineral wealth (including rare minerals)It is not “for sale” and that only its inhabitants can decide their future. “I think it is a determining elections that we have. The first thing we have to do just after the elections is to make it even clearer that Greenland belongs to the Greenlandes. That is what we have to communicate to the Americans,” he said.
Neither USA nor Denmark
Likewise, the leader, of the Socialist Party, defended the formation of a “robust” government and avoided putting a specific date for A possible independence from Denmark. Of course, he talked about building it “day by day.” “The parties are obliged to be together and make a robust government, for the common vision we have, where we may differ in speed. We need to sit together and make a plan that makes the feeling that people and parties have can be done in an orderly manner and that the population feels safe,” he said.
To preside from its richness in minerals that make it really attractive to Trump, the Arctic Island has a great economic dependence on Denmark, which contributes 40% of total incomeand fishing, which accounts for 90% of its exports. That is why Egede defends the importance of “diversifying” the economy, developing more tourism, the business of raw materials and the “potential” in hydraulic and green energy.
In addition, he did not hesitate to reiterate his criticisms of Denmark holding that the so -called Commonwealth of the Kingdom, in which the Feroe Islands are also included, is not such, but that his country is “low” the domain of Copenhagen. It even affects that this extreme the Danish Constitution will make it “clear.” However, Egede did not rule out that an independent Greenland can sign a treaty of free association with Denmark in the future, or with other western countries: “I don’t want to exclude any possibility, but it would be within the Western Alliance”he stressed.
Source: Lasexta
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