Greenland PM Mute Egede is ready to speak with Donald Trump, calls for independence from Denmark.

"We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t want to be Americans, We want to be Greenlandic"

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede says he is ready to speak with Donald Trump as he calls for independence from Denmark.

Egede said his people didn’t want to be Americans but said it was ultimately up to them to decide their future.

“We are ready to talk [with Trump].”

“We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlandic… of course it’s the Greenlandic people who decide their future.”