“We don’t want to be Americans”: Greenlandic parties reject Trump’s threats | Donald Trump News

A joint statement from the five political parties elected to Greenland’s parliament says the island’s future must be decided by its people.

Greenland’s political parties have rejected US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take control of the Arctic island, saying its future should be decided by its people.

Trump has suggested to use force to seize the mineral-rich autonomous Danish territory to prevent Russia or China from occupying the strategically located island, causing concern around the world.

“We once again emphasize our desire to see an end to the United States’ contempt for our country,” the leaders of the five political parties elected to Greenland’s parliament said in a joint statement on Friday.

“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” they said in the statement posted on social media by Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

“No other country can interfere in this matter. We must decide the future of our country ourselves – without pressure to make a hasty decision, without procrastination and without interference from other countries,” the statement added.

A meeting of Greenland’s parliament, the Inatsisartut, will be proposed to ensure that a fair and comprehensive political debate takes place and people’s rights are guaranteed, the leaders said.

The date of the meeting has not yet been determined. Greenland’s Parliament last met in November and was scheduled to reconvene on February 3, according to its website.

The political parties’ statement comes hours after Trump said Friday that he “will do something to Greenland whether they like it or not” and that the U.S. military presence on the island under a 1951 agreement with fellow NATO member Denmark is not “sufficient to guarantee the defense of the island.”

European capitals having scrambled finding a coordinated response after the White House said this week that Trump wanted to buy Greenland and refused to rule out military action.

Trump’s renewed efforts in favor of Greenland, after the US military intervention in Venezuela, worries many of the island’s 57,000 inhabitants, whose widely shared goal is to eventually become an independent nation.

A 2009 agreement between Greenland and Denmark explicitly recognizes the right of Greenlanders to independence if they wish, but although all five parties say they want independence, they differ on how and when to achieve it.

The coalition currently in power in Greenland is not in favor of hasty independence. The only opposition party, Naleraq, which won 24.5% of the vote in the 2025 parliamentary elections, wants to sever ties as quickly as possible.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that a US takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with the Danish Foreign Minister and representatives of Greenland next week. Trump proposed buying Greenland in 2019 during his first presidential term, but was rejected.