Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen tells Trump that Greenland must decide its own independence

Donald Trump spoke with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, by telephone on an issue she has made a banner of her impending administration: the acquisition of Greenland.

The immense island, considered the largest on the planet, is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Although it has a local government, it is dependent on Copenhagen in matters of security, international relations and financial policy.

Trump and Frederiksen spoke for 45 minutes, the latter's office revealed. Among topics such as the Ukraine-Israel wars and relations with China, the Prime Minister argued that it was "up to Greenland to decide its independence," according to her office's statement.

Greenland's Prime Minister, Mute Egede, said just days ago that he was willing to talk to Trump, but that his country was not for sale: "We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlandic."

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