Greenland’s prime minister rebuffs Trump’s effort to acquire island: ‘We choose Denmark. We choose NATO’

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen once again rebuffed President Trump’s effort to acquire his icy island, telling reporters that he prefers Danish rule.

“If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Nielsen said at a press conference Tuesday alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, per a translation.

“We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU.”   

Nielsen, who has long opposed Trump’s pressure campaign to acquire the autonomous territory, warned that “there are many indications that the most challenging part is ahead of us.”

Just prior to Nielsen’s remarks, his office warned that Greenland will not accept a US takeover under “any circumstance” and pressed for NATO to defend it in the event of an attack.

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