LOADING ERROR LOADINGNUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people. “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four party leaders said in a statement Friday night. “If we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said, without explaining what that entailed. Greenland’s party leaders reiterated that “Greenland’s future must be decided by the Greenlandic people.”AdvertisementGreenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, left, and other Greenland party leaders have rebuked U.S. President Donald Trump's push for U.S. control of the island. While Greenland is the largest island in the world, it has a population of around 57,000 and doesn’t have its own military.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2026 19:05 UTC