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Greenland’s elected leader said the gigantic Arctic island is not for sale after Donald Trump once again raised the issue of “ownership and control” of the vast territory that has been part of Denmark for more than 600 years.

“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede, said in a written comment.

The US president-elect on Sunday announced that he had picked Ken Howery, a former envoy to Sweden, as his ambassador to Copenhagen, and commented on the status of Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.

“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 wrote on Truth Social.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For purposes of justice and lolz throughout the world, the People feel that ownership and control of Mar-a-Lago is an absolute necessity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

More that Greenland is a huge track of land that will likely be free of ice in the next decade, and is entirely untapped for minerals as well as oil and gas.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If we don't stop extracting and burning oil and gas, we're screwed as a species. But, let's face it, we've stuck our heads in the sand, and decided to call climate change fake so boomers could make a few extra bucks before they kick the bucket.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, it might also already be too late to revert the damage done. So the morons are going to go out as rich as possible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

It's not too late. Pretty much all climate scientists will tell you that we can limit the damage. This is propaganda spread by oil companies, and it's been rather effective. They're no longer denying climate change, shifting the messaging to, well, either it isn't human driven, or it's too late to do anything different.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

What.. the curtains?