Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede declared ‘enough is enough’ about President Donald Trump‘s wish to annex the island.
He has summoned political leaders to discuss a plan to intensify their rejection of American annexation.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the leader of the Demokraatit party – which won Greenland’s parliamentary election Tuesday – and will be the next prime minister also pushed back against Trump. also rejected the comments.
‘Trump’s statement from the US is inappropriate and just shows once again that we must stand together in such situations,’ he said.
Trump on Thursday reiterated the United States ‘needs’ Greenland for national security purposes and indicated he’s willing to send in American troops to take control of the island.
‘I think it’ll happen,’ the president said of annexing the island during his Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was sitting on a couch in the Oval Office during the conversation, nodded in agreement. The U.S. has Pituffik Space Base, which supports missile warning and space surveillance operation, on the island.
Trump added he’d talk to Rutte about it.
But the NATO secretary declined to get involved.
