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Alan Mendoza"[T]he idea of the US buying Greenland "isn't as mad as it sounds."Mar 13, 2024

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Rasmus Jarlov"I can guarantee you that there is no way we [the Danish parliament] would approve independence so that you [the US] could buy Greenland."

Malte Humpert"This idea [the US buying Greenland] remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

Mette Frederiksen"Greenland is not for sale."

Kuupik V. Kleist"I don't see anything in the future that would pave the way for a sale [of Greenland]."

Mute Bourup Egede"We don't want to be Americans."

Howard Kurtz"[T]he overwhelming likelihood is that the status of Greenland, the Panama Canal and rebellious Republicans won't change in the second term."Dec 24, 2024

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Alan Mendoza"The chances of any successful bid [for buying Greenland] are slim."

Mute Bourup Egede"Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale."

Mette Frederiksen"There is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future either."Jan 10, 2025

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Donald Trump"I'm sure that Denmark will come along [and sell Greenland]."

Dana Perino"I actually think that the United States might make some sort of purchase."

Scott Sumner"[T]he Greenlanders would be unlikely to sell [their territory]."

Alexander B. Gray"I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that he [Trump] could do a direct purchase [for Greenland]."

Mike Shedlock"If we [the US] offered all 59,000 people [of Greenland] $2 million each, we could buy Greenland for $118 billion."Jan 14, 2025

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Donald Trump"To the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and, who want the U.S. to be there, and we will!"

Aaja Chemnitz"We're open for business. We're not for sale."

The Prime Minister's Office (Denmark)Greenland isn't for sale, "but open for cooperation."

Lars Lokke Rasmussen"Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States."

Andrew Scott"It's hard to believe that Greenland, having got to the situation of seeking and closely gaining independence from Denmark, will then transfer a new dependence to the United States of America."