Greenland Prime Minister makes shock move after Trump hints at sending soldiers: 'Enough is enough'

I see no indication in the Greenland elections that people want to leave the kingdom to become Americans."

The top diplomat said

We -- all party leaders -- cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland,

the leaders of Greenland's five parliamentary parties said in a joint statement posted on Facebook

We as party leaders find this behaviour unacceptable towards friends and allies in a defence alliance,

they said, following an emergency meeting

We all stand behind these efforts and strongly reject attempts to create division,

they said

This is not the time for political tactics and internal disagreements. The situation for our country is far too serious for that, ... When someone threatens us, looks down on us or speaks badly of us, we stand together."

he said, adding

Múte Bourup Egedeprime Minister

We deserve to be treated with respect and I don't think the American president has done that lately since he took office."

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede

The voters have been able to drag down all the drama, all the alarmist talk from the outside to say: 'Well, this is about our everyday lives, our everyday concerns as citizens. Where are we going, how are we going to develop our society from the inside.'

Carina Ren, head of the Arctic program at Copenhagen's Aalborg University, told the Guardian

Don’t keep treating us with disrespect,

he added

I think we're going to get it [Greenland] — one way or the other, we're going to get it."

But just ... just two sentences later, he seemed to renege on that statement, saying

Now the American president has once again ventured the idea of annexing us. I can't accept that in no way. (...) Because this time we need to tighten our rejection of Trump. Don't keep treating us with disrespect. Enough is enough."

Greenland's outgoing prime minister, Mute Bourup Egede, has also rejected Trump's repeated demands to take over Greenland, writing on Facebook

Pituffik is home to approximately two hundred active-duty personnel as well as missile defense and space surveillance equipment — including radar that provides early warnings and detection for intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Russia."

According to the independent think tank Council on Foreign Relations

We strongly support your right to determine your own future,

Trump said

It’s a misinterpretation of the Greenlandic election to conclude that we’ll have an independent Greenland tomorrow, flying a white flag that can then be painted with stars and stripes,

Rasmussen said in an interview with Danish TV 2 on Friday

Mark RuttenATO Secretary General

We know things are changing there, and we have to be there.”

But, Rutte added

It would mean war between two NATO countries,

he added

If you look at the NATO treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,

Lokke told reporters

Mark Pocanhouse Democrat

After more than $20 billion in federal contracts, there’s no way Musk can be objective in what he’s doing,

Pocan said in a statement about the world's richest man

I have therefore asked the administration to summon the party heads as soon as possible,

said Egede, who continues to lead Greenland while awaiting the formation of a new government following his party’s defeat in elections on Tuesday

Greenland has just voted against immediate independence from Denmark and does not want to be American ever,

he said

We need to do more, but I really want to work together with you in the run-up to the NATO summit to make sure that we will have a NATO which is really reinvigorated under your leadership and we are getting there.”

He added