The prime minister of Greenland pushed again Sunday in opposition to assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take management of the island territory.
Greenland, an enormous, resource-rich island within the Atlantic, is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the US. Trump needs to annex the territory, claiming it’s wanted for nationwide safety functions.
“President Trump says that the US ‘will get Greenland.’ Let me be clear: The USA is not going to get it. We don’t belong to anybody else. We resolve our personal future,” Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated in a Fb put up.
Nielsen’s put up comes a day after the U.S. president informed NBC Information that military force wasn’t off the table with regard to buying Greenland.
In Saturday’s interview, Trump allowed that “I feel there’s a great chance that we may do it with out army power.”
“That is world peace, that is worldwide safety,” he stated, however added: “I don’t take something off the desk.”
Greenland’s residents and politicians have reacted with anger to Trump’s repeated recommendations, with Danish leaders additionally pushing again.
Trump additionally stated “I don’t care,” when requested within the NBC interview what message this is able to ship to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has invaded Ukraine and annexed a number of of its provinces in defiance of worldwide regulation.
