Blinken condemned Trump’s desire to annex Greenland to the United States.

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the idea of ​​President-elect Donald Trump to annex Greenland to the United States not very good and expressed confidence that this will not happen.

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“The idea that’s been put forward about Greenland is obviously not a good one, but perhaps more importantly, it’s clear that it’s not going to happen,” he told reporters at a news conference during a visit to France.

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According to the Secretary of State, “much time should not be spent” discussing such a plan from the elected American leader.

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At the end of December 2024, Trump called it an “absolute necessity” for the United States to own Greenland, thus commenting on his decision to appoint former US Ambassador to Sweden and entrepreneur Ken Howery as the new American ambassador to Denmark. On the same day, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede, in response to Trump’s words, said that Greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale.

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Greenland was a colony of Denmark until 1953. It remains part of the kingdom, but in 2009 it received autonomy with the possibility of self-government and independent choice in internal politics.