Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede has stated that the island does not wish to be part of America or Denmark, but instead seeks independence. Source: The Financial Times (FT), citing Egede in a statement at a press conference in Copenhagen on Friday,

“We want to be Greenlanders,” the PM said. Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte B. Egede pushed back against speculation the island could be up for grabs, after United States President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed fixation on acquiring it this week sparked a political storm.

Meanwhile, Egede has advocated for Greenland's independence, criticizing Denmark as a colonial power with a history of mistreatment toward the island's Indigenous Inuit population