Greenland to Trump: not for sale but let’s talk business
Greenland is ready to talk.Responding Monday to the diplomatic earthquake unleashed last week by President-elect Donald J. Trump as he contemplated seizing the giant island in the Arctic Ocean, Greenland's prime minister said the territory would like to work more closely with the United States on defense and natural resources.“The reality is that we will work with the United States – yesterday, today and tomorrow,” Prime Minister Múte Egede said at a news conference in Nuuk, Greenland's small frozen capital.But he was firm: Greenlanders did not want to become Americans.“We have to be very smart in how we act,” he said, adding: “The power struggles between the superpowers are increasing and now they are knocking on our door.”Trump has refused to rule out using economic or military force to ...