Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede contended at the end of last month that the island territory should be independent from Denmark. Those comments come after President-elect Donald Trump revealed that he will pursue an acquisition of Greenland by the United States.

Egede’s remarks, which follow a Dec. 22 post on Truth Social by President-elect Donald Trump advocating for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, focused on the basis of secession from Denmark.

History and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality,' says Mute Egede - Anadolu Ajansı

Donald Trump Jr. set to visit Greenland, weeks after Donald Trump reiterated interest in owning the territory. Plus, Trump doubling down on the idea of Canada becoming the 51st after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his plans to resign.

The world’s largest island, which sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and is 80% covered by ice, is an autonomous territory that’s part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The US president-elect's son said he was going as a tourist on a "very long, personal, day-trip", to talk to people, and had no meetings planned with government officials. Ahead of his son's trip, Donald Trump revived a controversy he ignited last month when he said "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity" for US national security.