Greenland’s political leaders have united to condemn US President Donald Trump’s repeated desire to take over the Arctic island as “unacceptable”.
The leaders of all five parties in Greenland’s parliament issued an unprecedented joint statement after Trump reiterated his belief that the US will eventually control the geopolitically crucial island of 57,000 people on Thursday in front of the secretary-general of Nato, Mark Rutte.
“We — all party chairmen — cannot accept the repeated statements about the annexation and control of Greenland. As party chairman, we find this behaviour unacceptable towards friends and allies in a defence alliance,” wrote the five leaders, including current Prime Minister Múte Egede and his likely successor Jens-Frederik Nielsen.