Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has hit back at United States President Donald Trump's claims he will “get Greenland”.
Nielsen responded to Trump by saying “we’ll get Greenland” while speaking to NBC News, stating in no uncertain terms that this won't happen.
"President Trump says that the United States is getting Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States won't get that," Mr Nielsen wrote.
“We do not belong to anyone else. We determine our own future.”
The U.S. president has repeatedly said he wants to take control of Greenland, a semi autonomous territory of Denmark, for military or strategic purposes, and during a visit to a U.S. military base in the north of Greenland last week, his Vice-President JD Vance accused Denmark of not doing a good job of keeping the island safe.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland," Vance said.
"You have underinvested in the people of Greenland and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass.”
Nielsen, who was sworn in last Friday and is the nation's youngest leader at just 33, wants his country to achieve independence from the Kingdom of Denmark through economic self-reliance and the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is set to visit Greenland from 2-4 April for talks with the new government.
