Greenland’s Political Leaders Rebuff Trump’s Takeover Talk

At a press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. president would not rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland.

Arctic climate surrounds Greenland, seen on May 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Greenland’s political leaders, on Jan. 9, pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of a territorial takeover, saying that the fate of the island must be decided by its native inhabitants.

“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and leaders of Greenland’s other political parties wrote on Friday.