Greenland leaders reject President Donald Trump’s proposal for US control

Greenland leaders push back on president Donald Trump as he and his administration call for the United States to take control of the island. Several Trump administration officials have supported the president’s calls for a takeover of Greenland, many citing national security reasons.

“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four party leaders said in a statement Friday evening. The associated press. Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory and long-time US ally, has repeatedly rejected Trump’s statements regarding US acquisition of the island.

Greenland’s party leaders reiterated that “the future of the island must be decided by the Greenlandic people.”

“As Greenlandic party leaders, we wish to once again emphasize our desire for the United States’ contempt for our country to end,” the statement said.

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Trump was asked Friday about efforts to acquire Greenland during a roundtable with oil executives. The president, who has argued that Greenland is vital to U.S. security, said it was important for the country to make this decision so it could defeat its adversaries.

“We’re going to do something to Greenland whether they like it or not,” Trump said Friday. “Because if we don’t, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we won’t have Russia or China as neighbors.”

Trump hosted nearly two dozen oil executives at the White House on Friday to discuss investments in Venezuela following the president’s historic capture. Nicolas Maduro is January 3.

“We don’t want to have Russia there,” Trump said Friday of Venezuela when asked if the country appeared to be a U.S. ally. China there. And, by the way, we don’t want Russia or China to go to Greenland, because if we don’t take Greenland, you might have Russia or China as immediate neighbors. That’s not going to happen.”

Trump said the United States controlled Venezuela after Maduro’s capture and extradition.

Nielsen has previously dismissed comparisons between Greenland and Venezuela, saying his island was seeking to improve relations with the United States. according to Reuters.

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday that Trump’s threats to annex Greenland could mean the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

“I also want to make it clear that if the United States chooses to militarily attack another NATO country, then everything will stop. Including our NATO and therefore the security that has been ensured since the end of World War II,” Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV2.

The same day, Nielsen said in a statement posted on Facebook that Greenland was “not the subject of superpower rhetoric.”

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Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the White House Stephen Miller doubled the bet on Trump’s remarks, tell CNN In an interview Monday, Greenland “should be part of the United States. »

CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Miller if the Trump administration could rule out military action against the Arctic island.

“The United States is the power of NATO. For the United States to secure the Arctic region, protect and defend NATO and NATO interests, it is obvious that Greenland should be part of the United States,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.