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Donald Trump says US ownership of Greenland is 'an absolute necessity'
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President-elect Donald Trump is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark.
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President-elect Donald Trump said he wants the US to own and control Greenland -- a desire he made known during his first presidential term -- in a statement Sunday.
President-elect Donald Trump shared his renewed interest Sunday in the U.S. controlling the autonomous territory of Greenland, which is owned by Denmark.
The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he's picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.
Donald Trump hinted he still wants to buy Greenland, a self-ruling territory of Denmark, saying that U.S. ownership and control of the island is an “absolute necessity” for national security.
COPENHAGEN >> Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the “ownership and control” of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the Danish territory will "never be for sale" after US President-elect Donald Trump suggested Washington could take the world's largest island for "national security" purposes.
Greenland's leadership has expressed that the autonomous island will not be bought after President-elect Donald Trump expressed an interest in controlling the territory.
"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump posted to Truth Social.
President-elect Donald Trump's plan to buy Greenland would be the US's largest territorial addition in history — topping even the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, which nearly doubled America’s size at the time.
