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This is not the time for political tactics and internal disagreements. The situation for our country is far too serious for that, ... When someone threatens us, looks down on us or speaks badly of us, we stand together."
he said, adding
We deserve to be treated with respect and I don't think the American president has done that lately since he took office."
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede
The voters have been able to drag down all the drama, all the alarmist talk from the outside to say: 'Well, this is about our everyday lives, our everyday concerns as citizens. Where are we going, how are we going to develop our society from the inside.'
Carina Ren, head of the Arctic program at Copenhagen's Aalborg University, told the GuardianDon’t keep treating us with disrespect,
he added
I think we're going to get it [Greenland] — one way or the other, we're going to get it."
But just ... just two sentences later, he seemed to renege on that statement, saying
Now the American president has once again ventured the idea of annexing us. I can't accept that in no way. (...) Because this time we need to tighten our rejection of Trump. Don't keep treating us with disrespect. Enough is enough."
Greenland's outgoing prime minister, Mute Bourup Egede, has also rejected Trump's repeated demands to take over Greenland, writing on FacebookPituffik is home to approximately two hundred active-duty personnel as well as missile defense and space surveillance equipment — including radar that provides early warnings and detection for intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Russia."
According to the independent think tank Council on Foreign RelationsWe strongly support your right to determine your own future,
Trump saidIt’s a misinterpretation of the Greenlandic election to conclude that we’ll have an independent Greenland tomorrow, flying a white flag that can then be painted with stars and stripes,
Rasmussen said in an interview with Danish TV 2 on Friday
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We know things are changing there, and we have to be there.”
But, Rutte added
It would mean war between two NATO countries,
he addedIf you look at the NATO treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,
Lokke told reporters
After more than $20 billion in federal contracts, there’s no way Musk can be objective in what he’s doing,
Pocan said in a statement about the world's richest manI have therefore asked the administration to summon the party heads as soon as possible,
said Egede, who continues to lead Greenland while awaiting the formation of a new government following his party’s defeat in elections on Tuesday
Greenland has just voted against immediate independence from Denmark and does not want to be American ever,
he saidWe need to do more, but I really want to work together with you in the run-up to the NATO summit to make sure that we will have a NATO which is really reinvigorated under your leadership and we are getting there.”
He addedYou originated the fact that in Europe we're now spending, when you take it to aggregate, 700 billion [euro] more on defense than when you came into office in 2016-2017,
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I'm quite confident, as he always does when it comes to NATO, he will urge the NATO secretary the president's belief that NATO countries need to pay their fair share for their own defense,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Washington Examiner on WednesdayFinally, Ukraine, you broke the deadlock,
Rutte continuedIt would be one of the great states,
Trump said