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'We’re going to get' Greenland, Trump said in his address. Prime minister says island isn't for sale

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Múte Bourup Egede : "We don’t want to be Americans , nor Danes ; We are Kalaallit . We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken," he said in a Facebook post.

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark with a population of about 56,000 people.

Trump has repeatedly expressed his interest in Greenland , a huge mineral-rich island.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he believed Trump ’s reference to respecting Greenlanders ’ right to self-determination was the most important part of his speech.

Rasmussen : “I’m very optimistic about what will be a Greenlandic decision about this” Opinion polls suggest most Greenlanders don’t want to become part of the United States .

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