The prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory. <\/p>\n
Greenland, a huge, resource-rich island in the Atlantic, is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States. Trump wants to annex the territory, claiming it\u2019s needed for national security purposes. <\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump says that the United States \u2018will get Greenland.\u2019 Let me be clear: The United States will not get it. We do not belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,\u201d Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post. <\/p>\n
Nielsen\u2019s post comes a day after the U.S. president told NBC News that military force wasn\u2019t off the table with regard to acquiring Greenland. <\/p>\n
In Saturday\u2019s interview, Trump allowed that \u201cI think there\u2019s a good possibility that we could do it without military force.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is world peace, this is international security,\u201d he said, but added: \u201cI don\u2019t take anything off the table.\u201d <\/p>\n
Greenland\u2019s residents and politicians have reacted with anger to Trump\u2019s repeated suggestions, with Danish leaders also pushing back. <\/p>\n
Trump also said \u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d when asked in the NBC interview what message this would send to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has invaded Ukraine and annexed several of its provinces in defiance of international law. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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