NEW: 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 didnβt want to be Americans but said it was ultimately up to them to decide their future.
βWe are ready to talk [with Trump].β
βWe donβt want to be Danes. We donβt want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlandicβ¦ of course itβs the Greenlandic people who decide their future.β