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'American? No!' says Greenland
The Mercury
|January 12, 2026
GREENLAND’S political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, raising concern worldwide.
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The statement late Friday came after Trump repeated that Washington was “going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not”.
European capitals have been scrambling to come up with a coordinated response after the White House said that Trump wanted to buy Greenland and refused to rule out military action.
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders,’ the leaders of five parties in Greenland’s parliament said.
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders,’ they added.
“No other country can meddle in this. We must decide our country’s future ourselves — without pressure to make a hasty decision, without procrastination, and without interference from other countries.”
Frances Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in an interview published at the weekend that Trump's “blackmail must stop”.
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