Greenland's prime minister says US will not 'get' island

Greenland's premier curate said Sunday that the U.S. "will not get" the resource-rich land successful the Atlantic.

President Donald Trump wants to annex the self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO state of the United States, claiming it is needed for nationalist information purposes.

"President Trump says that the United States ‘will get Greenland.’ Let maine beryllium clear: The United States volition not get it. We bash not beryllium to anyone else. We determine our ain future," Jens-Frederik Nielsen said successful a Facebook post.

Vice President JD Vance, 2nd woman Usha Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee visited Pituffik Space Base, the Department of Defense’s northernmost subject installation, successful Greenland connected Friday. 

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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, person of the Demokraatit Party, participates successful a televised statement earlier elections successful Nuuk, Greenland, connected March 8, 2025. (Evgeniy Maloletka)

In a Saturday interrogation with NBC, Trump said that subject unit wasn’t disconnected the array successful regards to acquiring Greenland, according to the Associated Press.

"I deliberation there’s a bully anticipation that we could bash it without subject force," Trump said. "This is satellite peace, this is planetary security," helium said, but added: "I don’t instrumentality thing disconnected the table."

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Traditional Greenlandic lodging is seen from the Myggedalen viewpoint connected March 28, 2025, successful Nuuk, Greenland.  (Leon Neal)

Although the Danish territory has said it is seeking independency from Copenhagen but isn’t funny successful becoming portion of the U.S., Trump has repeatedly floated, dating backmost to his archetypal administration, a tendency to unafraid Greenland for the U.S. arsenic Russian and Chinese beingness grows successful the Arctic. 

Demonstrators clasp Greenland flags arsenic they protestation successful beforehand of the U.S. embassy successful Copenhagen, Denmark, connected Saturday, March 29, 2025.  (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix)

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Polls person shown that astir each Greenlanders reason becoming portion of the United States. Anti-American protesters, immoderate wearing "Make America Go Away" caps and holding "Yankees Go Home" banners, person staged immoderate of the largest demonstrations ever seen successful Greenland.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan, Diana Stancy and The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.