Denmark outraged following Trump's statements on Greenland

We should partner with a great power because Greenland is a rich country, we have everything here."

Resident Jens Ostermann, carrying a small child bundled up against the winter cold, said

I think he's talking too loudly. I don't think you can take him seriously when he says he's going to take us over by force."

Mikael Ludvidsen, a resident of capital Nuuk, was skeptical about the president-elect's intentions, telling Reuters

Warm but reserved welcome for Donald Trump Jr."

Some locals sported Make America Great Again caps to greet Trump Jr., with Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq headlining its report

Trump's reaction is a statement of how important Greenland is in the geopolitical area at this moment,

she said

Donald Trump Jr.elect

The whole town is showing up, I think, at the airport,

Gor said in a teaser clip of Art of the Surge, an Apple TV docuseries on Donald Trump’s resurgence and presidential victory

Today, Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland right after his father talked about buying the island,

the “Tonight Show” host said Tuesday

‘I’m building that wall, Dad! One brick at a time!’

he added

Lars Løkke Rasmussendanish foreign minister

We fully recognise that Greenland has its own ambitions. If they materialise, Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States,

Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said

I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's wild dreams of expanding his empire and including our country in it,

Aaja Chemnitz, a member of the Danish parliament from Greenland, wrote on Facebook

In my discussions with our European partners, there has been a notable incomprehension when it comes to current statements from the USA regarding the principle of the inviolability of borders,

Scholz said, without referring to Trump by name

As someone who has travelled to some fascinating places across the globe as an outdoorsman, I'm excited to stop into Greenland for a little bit of fun this week,

Trump Jr. told the US broadcaster Fox News before his visit

We are talking about fairly wild hypothetical stuff about an administration that hasn't come in yet,

a Commission spokesman said of Trump's remarks

Denmark, Greenland and other Commonwealth nations belong together,

Denmark's King Frederik affirmed in his New Year's Day speech

It's easy to imagine that Trump wants to follow in the tradition of presidents who greatly expanded their territory, like in the 19th century when the United States expanded westwards and then bought Alaska,

he said

Bret Baierfox News hosts

Do you think that this was one of, if not the biggest issue for this election?"

Fox News' Brett Baier asked Fetterman

Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN

he said in a Truth Social post on Monday

For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

Trump declared in a post on Truth Social last month

Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our yearlong struggle for freedom."

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede said in a December statement

I can't assure you — you're talking about Panama and Greenland, no, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security."

President-elect Donald Trump, speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday

This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019.

Malte Humpert, a senior fellow at the Arctic Institute and its founder, told Newsweek in December