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U.S.-President elect Donald Trumporhis close ally ElonMuskcould personally purchase Greenland instead of the U.S. government, Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and currently deputy chairoftheRussianSecurity Council, said on Sunday.
Medvedev weighed in onTrump’s controversial proposal fortheU.S.government to purchaseGreenlandorother foreign territories, saying, “Not sure why theU.S., as a country, needs to annex Canada,Greenland,oreven Britain and take back the Panama Canal” on his X post.
Not sure why the US, as a country, needs to annex Canada, Greenland, or even Britain, and take back the Panama Canal. There's a more civilized way: @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk could just buy the land, making it their private property.
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) December 29, 2024
“There's a more civilized way: Donald Trumpand Elon Muskcould justbuythe land, making it their private property," Medvedev wrote on X without clarifying if the post was written as a seriousproposal.
This monthTrumpreiterated his stated wish from his first term to control the autonomousDanish territoryofGreenland, calling it an “absolute necessity.”
Denmark quickly rebuffed his proposal.
Since winning his ticket back to the White House in November,Trumphas also repeatedly called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "the governorofthe great stateofCanada,” as if it were aU.S.state.
He also said theU.S.may retake control over the Panama Canal if its current use conditions are not reviewed.
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