{"id":8473,"date":"2026-01-13T16:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:48:47","slug":"we-choose-denmark-over-joining-us-says-greenland-pm-nielsen-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8473","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We choose Denmark\u2019 over joining US, says Greenland PM Nielsen | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>\u201cIf we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,\u201d said Greenland\u2019s PM.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 13 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">13 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said the self-governed Danish territory wants to remain part of Denmark rather than join the United States, amid US President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing push to take over the island.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference in Copenhagen alongside Denmark\u2019s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Nielsen said the autonomous Arctic territory would prefer to remain Danish.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Frederiksen said it had not been easy to stand up to what she slammed as \u201ccompletely unacceptable pressure from our closest ally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen\u2019s comments came a day after the government of Greenland rejected Trump\u2019s threats of a takeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States has once again reiterated its desire to take over Greenland. This is something that the governing coalition in Greenland cannot accept under any circumstance,\u201d said the island\u2019s coalition government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the Danish commonwealth, Greenland is a member of NATO, and the defence of Greenland must therefore be through NATO,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has insisted that he will seize Greenland, threatening that the territory will be brought under US control \u201cone way or another\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Those threats have created a crisis for NATO, sparking outrage from European allies who have warned that any takeover of Greenland would have serious repercussions for ties between the US and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, told reporters in Copenhagen on Tuesday that they had requested the meeting with Rubio after Trump\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur reason for seeking the meeting we have now been given was to move this whole discussion \u2026 into a meeting room where we can look each other in the eye and talk about these things,\u201d Rasmussen said.<\/p>\n<p>Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic politician in the Danish parliament, told Al Jazeera that a majority of Greenland\u2019s 56,000 people did not want to become US citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenland is not for sale, and Greenland will never be for sale,\u201d Chemnitz, from the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople seem to think they can buy the Greenlandic soul. It is our identity, our language, our culture \u2013 and it would look completely different if you became an American citizen, and that is not something a majority in Greenland want.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,\u201d said Greenland\u2019s PM. 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