Greenland’s leader has flatly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed interest in buying the large Arctic island from Denmark, insisting the territory is on the market.

“Greenland is ours,” the territory’s prime minister, Mute Egede, said in a statement on Monday. “We are not for sale and never will be. We will have to not lose our long struggle for freedom. “

Egede’s comment comes after the new president announced that he was looking to review the concept of purchasing semi-autonomous land from Denmark. During his first term in the White House, Trump expressed his preference for making a “big real estate deal” because “strategically” it would be “very good. “

Naming Paypal co-founder and former envoy to Sweden Ken Howery as his ambassador to Copenhagen, Trump declared in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the United States would once again look at snapping up Greenland from Denmark.

“For the purposes of national security and world freedom, the United States of America believes that ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” he wrote.

In 2019, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen swiftly rejected Trump’s initial proposal to buy Greenland, calling it “absurd.” The then president reacted by calling her “nasty” and canceling a state visit to the Danish capital. It was later reported that cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder had planted the notion in Trump’s head; Trump then floated the idea of swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland.

Less than a month before Trump took his second chance, the president-elect caused a sensation and sparked foreign backlash with his threats to recapture former U. S. territories or annex sovereign countries.

Over the weekend, he launched a social media tirade in which he threatened to take back the Panama Canal following his court cases over “ridiculous” fees charged to shipping corporations through the Panamanian government for the right to use the waterway. The canal, built through the United States in the early 20th century, was ceded to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.

“If the principles, ethical and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not respected, then we will ask for the Panama Canal to be returned to us, in its entirety and without a doubt,” Trump grumbled. “To the guilty in Panama, please be guided accordingly!  »

Reacting to Trump’s threats, which the new president reiterated in a speech Sunday at a right-wing rally, Panama’s conservative president, José Raúl Mulino, posted a video in which he stated that “every meter of the canal belongs to Panama. ” and will continue to belong. ” » to his country.

“We’ll see!” Trump responded on Truth Social, adding a post with an AI symbol of an American flag over the Canal Zone and a caption that read “Welcome to the American Channel!”

Additionally, the president-elect has spent recent weeks trolling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the idea of ​​making Canada an American state.

“No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes no sense! Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State,” Trump declared last week in a 3 a.m. post on his social media site. “They would save massively on taxes and military protection. I think it is a great idea. 51st State!!!”

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest at Turning Point USA. In it he proposed taking over the Panama Canal.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. During the event, he proposed taking back the Panama Canal

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