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“We Don’t Want to Become Americans” – Joint Statement by Greenlandic Party Leaders

Published January 10, 2026, 17:01
“We Don’t Want to Become Americans” – Joint Statement by Greenlandic Party Leaders

Greenlandic party leaders have issued a joint statement expressing their opposition to any attempt by the United States to acquire the island. The statement comes in response to Donald Trump's warning that the US will “do something, either nicely or not so nicely” regarding Greenland. The Greenlandic leaders emphasized that they want to remain Greenlandic, not American or Danish, and that the future of the island must be decided by the Greenlandic people themselves, without external pressure or interference. The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, has also criticized Trump's threats, emphasizing that the US has no right to annex Greenland.