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Republican senator jabs Trump on Greenland: It’s an ally, not an asset


“Of course a businessman turned president would have an interest. But Greenland isn’t on the market,” Murkowski and Chemnitz mentioned in a press release obtained by POLITICO.

“As legislators representing Greenland in Denmark and the United States, we see a greater path ahead. The United States, like Denmark, ought to acknowledge that the longer term shall be outlined by partnership, not possession,” they added.

Trump has insisted that the U.S. ought to take possession of Greenland — a Danish territory since 1953 and a colony earlier than that — and refused to rule out utilizing army drive or financial coercion to grab it.

“Greenland is an excellent place. We want it for worldwide safety. And I’m certain that Denmark will come alongside — it’s costing them some huge cash to take care of it, to maintain it,” the Republican chief instructed reporters final week on his first day within the Oval Office.

His feedback triggered disaster conferences in Copenhagen and a pointy rebuke from Danish and Greenlandic leaders, who’ve repeatedly mentioned the island isn’t up for grabs — together with in a reportedly fiery 45-minute cellphone name between Trump and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen earlier this month.

Murkowski and Chemnitz welcomed “elevated cooperation” between Greenland and the U.S. “on protection, mineral improvement, commerce, and our widespread values of freedom and democracy.”

But Greenland is “an ally, not an asset,” they cautioned.

“We are sure that U.S. ambitions for nationwide safety may be achieved with out altering Greenland’s autonomy … The future doesn’t require us to redraw the borders on that map, however to work tougher than ever throughout them,” Murkowski and Chemnitz mentioned.

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