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Mette Frederiksen Responds to Trump Map Showing Greenland as Part of the United States

From DR Nyheder · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mette Frederiksen said Greenland’s people must determine their own future and repeated that Greenland does not want to become American.
  • Her remarks followed Donald Trump’s sharing of an edited map placing the US flag over Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Iceland.
  • The response came as the EU, Denmark and Greenland signed a joint declaration on billion-scale investments in Greenland.

Mette Frederiksen has answered Donald Trump’s latest reminder of his interest in Greenland with a blunt message: Greenland’s people must decide their own future.

The Danish prime minister, who is visiting Greenland, was asked about an image Trump shared on Truth Social. The edited map placed the American flag over Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Iceland and Greenland.

The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not want to be American.

· Mette FrederiksenThe Danish prime minister rejected the idea that Greenland wants to become part of the United States.

“The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not want to be American,” Frederiksen said. “We can repeat that message today. But I hope nobody is in doubt about it, neither in the United States nor in the rest of the world.”

Her comments came on the same day that the European Union, Denmark and Greenland signed a joint declaration on investments worth billions in Greenland. The timing brought Trump’s continuing interest in the territory into focus as Danish and Greenlandic authorities reiterated that its future belongs to its own people.

We can repeat that message today. But I hope nobody is in doubt about it, neither in the United States nor in the rest of the world.

· Mette FrederiksenFrederiksen stressed that Greenland’s position should be clear internationally.
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Originally published by DR Nyheder in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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