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The point is, ‘We’ll pay you more than Denmark does,’
One White House insider told The Washington Post ... referring to Denmark’s current annual subsidy of £457 million ($600 million) for the territory We must listen when others talk about us. But we must not be shaken. President Trump says the United States is ‘getting Greenland.’ Let me make this clear: The U.S. is not getting that. We don’t belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,
he wrote Sunday on Facebook It has my deepest respect how the Greenlandic people and the Greenlandic politicians handle the great pressure that is on Greenland,
she said in government statement announcing the visit I have but one wish and that is to do all that I can to take care of this marvellous country and to support it at a difficult time,
It is clear that with the pressure put on Greenland by the Americans, in terms of sovereignty, borders and the future, we need to stay united,
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday after arriving on the island for a three-day visit We are open to criticisms, but let me be completely honest, we do not appreciate the tone in which it's being delivered."
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen responded in a post on social media I think it's very, very important and it's very reassuring for Greenlanders to see a Danish head of government,
Mikaela Engell, an expert on the Arctic territory who previously served as Denmark's High Commissioner to Greenland, told AFP But the thing is that if they were to talk about the Arctic and Greenland, then someone from the Greenland government should be present, that's the agreement between Denmark and Greenland,