Trump said that it was a matter of national security for the US.
Greenland's Prime Minister Múte B. Egede and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen speak to the press in Copenhagen, 10 January, 2025 Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix.
Egede has been calling for independence for Greenland, casting Denmark as a colonial power that hasn't always treated the indigenous Inuit population well.
We want to be Greenlanders," he said at a news conference alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.
The report quoted a local resident, Tom Amtof, who recognised some of those in a video broadcast by Trump's team.
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, 9 January, 2025 Evan Vucci/Copyright 2025 The AP.
Greenland, the world's largest island, lies closer to the North American mainland than to Denmark. »