"We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danes," he said. "We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own

"We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders," said Jens-Frederik Nielsen of the island's Demokraatit party.

Greenland’s acting prime minister invited local party leaders to a meeting to draft a joint spurning of Donald Trump’s latest approach to take over the Arctic island.