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- "We don鈥檛 belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,鈥� Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post
- US President Trump has said he wants to make Greenland a US territory to protect it from Russia and China
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Greenland will decide its own future and the autonomous Danish territory will not become part of the United States, its new prime minister said on Sunday, responding to Donald Trump鈥檚 latest comments about wanting the resource-rich island.
鈥淧resident Trump says the United States 鈥榳ill get Greenland.鈥� Let me be clear: The United States will not get Greenland. We don鈥檛 belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,鈥� Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post.
鈥淲e鈥檒l get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent,鈥� Trump said on Sunday in an interview with NBC News.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and islanders hold a unity rally in Nuuk on March 30, 2025, amid attempts by the United States under President Trump to take control of the Arctic territory. (Facebook: Jens-frederik Nielsen)
This latest exchange culminates a week of heightened tensions between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland, marked by Vice President JD Vance鈥檚 visit to a US military base on the vast Arctic island.
Danish diplomacy on Saturday criticized Vance鈥檚 鈥渢one,鈥� after he said Denmark 鈥渉as not done a good job by the people of Greenland.鈥�
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will be in Greenland from Wednesday to Friday to 鈥渟trengthen unity鈥� between the kingdom and its Arctic territory.
Four of the five parties represented in the Greenlandic Parliament reached an agreement on Friday to form a coalition government.
Greenland鈥檚 main parties all want independence, but they disagree on the roadmap. American pressure convinced them to form a coalition as quickly as possible with only the Naleraq party, which advocates rapid independence, declining to join.