Anything less than American control over Greenland is unacceptable, said United States President Trump, insisting that the US "needs Greenland for national security," the British newspaper The Guardian reports.
In a post on social media, Trump said that "NATO should lead the way" for the US to get to Greenland, and said that "if we don't do it, Russia or China will - and that's not going to happen."
"Militarily, without the enormous power of the United States, which I built in large part during my first term and am now taking to a new and even greater level, NATO would not be an effective force or deterrent - not even close! They know it, and I know it. NATO becomes far stronger and more effective if Greenland is in US hands. Anything less is unacceptable," Trump said.
The Guardian writes that his statements are likely to anger the Danish and Greenlandic leaders, just hours ahead of their crucial talks at the White House with US Vice President J.D. Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Greenland's prime minister said yesterday that his country would rather remain part of Denmark than become a US territory, as Trump steps up pressure to take control of the Arctic island.
"However, Greenland is not for sale and does not want to join the U.S. We are facing a geopolitical crisis and if we had to choose between the U.S. and Denmark here and now, then we choose Denmark. We are united in the Kingdom of Denmark," the island's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said yesterday at a press conference in Copenhagen, together with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
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