{"id":92355,"date":"2024-12-23T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=92355"},"modified":"2024-12-23T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:00:21","slug":"after-threatening-panama-donald-trump-floats-buying-greenland-he-also-declared-that-two-genders-would-be-the-official-us-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/after-threatening-panama-donald-trump-floats-buying-greenland-he-also-declared-that-two-genders-would-be-the-official-us-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"After threatening Panama, Donald Trump floats buying Greenland. He also declared that two genders would be the official US policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make statements that are stirring up various ones around the world. A day after telling Panama to change or risk its canal operations being taken over (see Donald Trump threatens Panama and suggests the USA may need to take the canal back<\/span><\/a>), he has again floated the idea of buying Greenland:<\/p>\n

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Greenland PM reiterates \u2018we are not for sale\u2019 after Trump suggests US ownership<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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US president-elect raises issue of control of Denmark territory five years after proposing to buy it during first term<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Greenland\u2019s elected leader said the gigantic Arctic island is not for sale after Donald Trump<\/a> once again raised the issue of \u201cownership and control\u201d of the vast territory that has been part of Denmark for more than 600 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,\u201d Greenland\u2019s prime minister, M\u00fate Egede, said in a written comment.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 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,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Trump, who takes office on 20 January, did not elaborate on the statement.<\/p>\n

For many observers Trump\u2019s comment triggered a sense of deja vu. During his first term Trump suggested in 2019<\/a> that the US should buy Greenland \u2013 which is home to the strategically important Pituffik US space base.<\/p>\n

That idea was roundly rejected by Denmark as well as by the island\u2019s own authorities before any formal discussions could take place. It also prompted widespread ridicule and became emblematic of the chaos that Trump brought to traditional global diplomacy \u2013 something now expected to happen again once Trump returns to the White House next month. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/23\/trump-buying-greenland-ownership<\/a><\/p>\n

President-elect Trump<\/a> indicated he wants Greenland under U.S. control as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for United States ambassador to Denmark on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The big picture: <\/strong>Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip<\/a> to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that’s part of its kingdom was not for sale. …<\/p>\n

Background: <\/strong>The U.S. has on several<\/a> occasions since 1867<\/a> considered or attempted<\/a> to buy Greenland \u2014\u00a0the world’s largest island that’s not a continent.<\/p>\n