One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a

The Greenlandic cry for an independent voice has only grown louder since 2019, when then-U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested purchasing the island from Denmark.

Múte Egede, the Danish territory's prime minister, reminded the U.S. president-elect of the Greenlandic people's interests.