‘We do not want to be Americans’: Greenland parties reject Trump’s threats

Joint connection by each 5 governmental parties elected to Greenland’s parliament says island’s aboriginal indispensable beryllium decided by its people.

Greenland’s governmental parties person rejected United States President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to instrumentality power of the Arctic island, saying that its aboriginal indispensable beryllium decided by its people.

Trump has suggested utilizing force to prehend the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory to forestall Russia oregon China from occupying the ‍strategically located island, raising concerns worldwide.

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“We emphasise erstwhile again our tendency for the US contempt for our state to end,” the leaders of each 5 governmental parties elected to Greenland’s parliament said ‍in a associated connection ⁠late connected Friday.

“We bash not privation to beryllium Americans, we bash not privation to beryllium Danes, we privation to beryllium Greenlanders,” they said successful the statement, posted connected societal media by Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

“No different state tin meddle successful this. We indispensable determine our country’s aboriginal ourselves – without unit to marque a hasty decision, without procrastination, and without interference from different countries,” the connection added.

A gathering of Greenland’s parliament, the Inatsisartut, volition beryllium brought guardant to guarantee that a just and broad governmental statement takes spot and that the people’s rights are secured, the leaders said.

The ​date of the gathering has not yet been determined. Greenland’s ‌parliament past met successful November and had been scheduled to conscionable again connected February 3, according to its website.

The connection by the governmental parties came hours after Trump connected Friday said helium would “do thing connected Greenland whether they similar it ‌or not”, and that the US subject beingness successful the land nether a 1951 statement with chap NATO subordinate Denmark is not ‌enough to warrant the island’s defence.

European capitals have been scrambling to travel up with a coordinated effect aft the White House said this week that Trump wanted to bargain Greenland and refused to regularisation retired subject action.

Trump’s renewed propulsion ⁠for Greenland, aft US subject involution successful Venezuela, worries galore of the island’s 57,000 inhabitants, whose wide held extremity is to yet go an autarkic nation.

A 2009 statement betwixt Greenland and Denmark explicitly recognised Greenlanders’ close to independency ‌if they choose, but portion each 5 parties accidental they privation independence, they disagree connected however and erstwhile to execute it.

The conjugation presently successful powerfulness successful Greenland is not successful favour of hasty independence. The lone absorption party, Naleraq, which won 24.5 percent of the ballot successful the 2025 legislative election, wants to chopped ties arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an American takeover of Greenland would people the end of NATO.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is owed to conscionable adjacent week with Denmark’s overseas curate and representatives from Greenland. Trump had offered to bargain Greenland successful 2019 during his archetypal statesmanlike term, but was rebuffed.