Greenland’s party leaders and Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejected President Donald Trump’s renewed push for US control of the island, saying Greenland’s future must be decided solely by its people
US President Donald Trump
Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people. “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four party leaders said in a statement on Friday. “As Greenlandic party leaders, we would like to emphasise once again our wish that the United States’s contempt for our country ends,” the statement said.
Greenland Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielson
Trump said again on Friday that he would like to make a deal to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous region that’s part of NATO ally Denmark, “the easy way.” He said that if the US doesn’t own it, then Russia or China will take it over, and the US does not want them as neighbours. “If we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said. The White House said it is considering a range of options, including using military force, to acquire the island.
In response to US considering military action to take control of Greenland, Denmark warns that it could destroy the NATO alliance. Pic/PTI
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an American takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO. The party leaders’ statement said that, “No other country can interfere in this. We must decide the future of our country ourselves, without pressure for quick decision, delay or interference from other countries.” While Greenland is the largest island in the world, it has a population of around 57,000 and doesn’t have its own military. Defense is provided by Denmark, whose military is dwarfed by that of the US.
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