A United States senator and a Danish lawmaker on Monday issued a joint statement hitting out at President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Danish MP Aaja Chemnitz, who holds one of two seats in Denmark’s parliament representing Greenland, said the Arctic island is “open for business, but not for sale.”
Murkowski — who has criticized Trump on multiple occasions and voted to convict him on impeachment charges after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack and who last week voted against one of his key Cabinet appointments — is vice chair of the standing committee of the Arctic Parliamentarians forum, while Chemnitz chairs the committee.
“Of course a businessman turned president would be interested. But Greenland is not for sale,” Murkowski and Chemnitz said in a statement obtained by POLITICO.
