Greenland’s leader has slammed the planned US visit to the island as “very aggressive” as the international crisis over President Trump’s desire to annex the

TRUMP FIRST MUSED ALOUD about buying Greenland in 2018. But a year later, when he discussed the idea in public, Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, called it “ absurd .” Trump responded by canceling a state visit to Denmark. “She blew me off,” he fumed. “You don’t talk to the United States that way, at least under me,” he said.

Denmark is open to discussions with the U.S. on how to "fix" the status quo in Greenland, the country's foreign minister said, after Vice President JD Vance's visit.

Greenland was colonized by Denmark in the 17th century, and was formally unified with the kingdom in 1814. The island was granted home rule in 1979 and received additional autonomy 30 years later — but Copenhagen continues to call the shots in terms of foreign, domestic and economic policies.

Responding to reports that Trump had said “we’ll get Greenland,” Nielsen, who was sworn in on March 28, said: “Let me be clear: The United States will not get that. We do not belong to others. We decide our own future.”

President Trump on Monday defended the decision to send a U.S. delegation to Greenland, saying that officials from the Danish territory had invited them after Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup

Both Greenland and the United States would benefit tremendously, as would Denmark, were that country to sell Greenland to the United States, allowing Greenland to become a US territory, and perhaps eventually a US state.

The secretary of state’s trip comes amid an abrupt shift in relations between the United States and Europe after close cooperation during the Biden era.

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Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede slammed second ... He has ramped up those calls since returning to office in January, despite pushback from both Danish and European Union officials. “I think we’re going to get it,” the president said ...