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Múte Egede

Múte Egede

Premier of Greenland (Note: As of January 2026, Jens-Frederik Nielsen is Prime Minister)

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Notable Quotes

"Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom."

"We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic."

Stories

Trump's Greenland gambit

Force in Play

Led independence movement but no longer Prime Minister as of January 2026

President Trump reversed his tariff threats and ruled out military force on January 21 after announcing a "framework" with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. The framework covers Arctic security cooperation, U.S. access to Greenland's rare earth minerals (1.5 million metric tons—the world's eighth-largest reserves), and Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system ($175-831 billion shield against hypersonic threats).

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