Mr. Trump said the US will merge Greenland

At the reception of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on March 13, President Trump said the US would merge Greenland. “I think that will happen,” Mr. Trump said when asked about the ability to merge, according to the sheet Politico.

Next, the president said that “the US needs Greenland for international security” and is confident that Mr. Rutte will play a “construction” role for this issue. “Denmark is very far away,” Mr. Trump said and added that Copenhagen would not be in a position to protect the territory.

In response, Rutte Secretary General said he did not want to pull NATO into the discussion but admitted that Greenland was important for the North Pole Security in the context of the attention of rival powers.

Chairman of the Danish National Assembly’s Defense Committee Rasmus Jarlov then posted a comment on social network X. “We did not appreciate the NATO Secretary General joking with Mr. Trump about Greenland. That means the war between NATO. Greenland has only voted against independence from Denmark and does not want to become part of the United States,” Jarlov wrote.

At the Greenland legislative election that had just ended the week, the opposition Democratic Party won with 30% of the vote. This party supports the path of gradually leading to independence for Greenland through economic development. However, Party leaders Jens Frederik Nielsen as well as the Democratic Party affirmed that Greenland was not for sale and rejected the idea of ​​becoming part of the United States.

“Mr. Trump’s statement from the US is inappropriate and once again shows in such situations, we have to stand side by side,” Nielsen wrote on social networks.

Greenland Mute Egyee’s leader also responded immediately to Trump’s comment, declaring that it was more than enough and called for leaders of parties in the territory to meet to strengthen opposition.