On Sunday, the new Prime Minister on the island said in response to President Trump’s recent assertion that he wanted to include the area.
“President Trump says that the United States” will get Greenland. ” He said on social media. “Let me be clear: the United States will not get it. We do not belong to anyone else. We decide our future.”
On Saturday, Mr. Trump told NBC News: “We’ll get Greenland. Yes, 100 percent.”
in interview With the network, Mr. Trump said it was “absolutely” he had real talks about the inclusion of Icebound, a self -governing area that was linked to Denmark for more than 300 years.
While there was “a good possibility that we can do this without a military force, Mr. Trump added,” I don’t get anything out of the table. “
Mr. Trump is escalating Talk about grabbing Greenland He reflects an expansionist mentality in his second term. His administration also threatened the Canadian attaché and Panama.
Mr. Nielsen, who is 33 years old An American delegation led by Vice President JD Vance He arrived in the island. Political leaders in the region saw this journey as an aggressive escalation of Mr. Trump’s threats to seize the region. Some officials complained about the timing of the visit, noting that it came immediately after Greenland’s contract Parliamentary elections.
Mr. Vans took a more soft tone on his journey from Mr. Trump, saying that the United States would respect Greenland’s right to self-determination and that the use of military power-which Mr. Trump rejected is not necessary.
But the island’s government has Mr. Vance was not invited Or others in his group, including his wife. The American National Security Adviser and the Energy Minister was on the trip. Greenlands resisted his initiatives when he arrived.
The process of the American delegation’s line has changed after a previous announcement He met with a violent reaction. Initially, Mrs. Vens, who was expected to visit without the vice president, planned to attend the dog skating race in southern Greenland. But race organizers Make up He did not invite her. And the outgoing Prime Minister, Mute B. egede, He said in an indignant statement There will be no meetings between US officials and Greenland.
The protests were planned in Nuk, the capital, where Mrs. Vans was originally visited before this part of the trip was canceled.
