‘We are not some piece of ice’: Greenland PM responds to Trump’s comments - BERITAJA

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called connected NATO friends to guidelines together to take sides world rule connected Thursday arsenic he deed backmost against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments about the Arctic island.

In a station connected societal media earlier this week, Trump criticized NATO’s unwillingness to get progressive successful the war connected Iran, saying that the subject confederation was not about erstwhile the U.S. “needed them.”

“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!! President DJT,” Trump wrote connected Truth Social connected Wednesday.

Nielsen rejected Trump’s comments that Greenland is simply a “poorly run, portion of ice.”

“We are not immoderate portion of ice. We are a proud ⁠population of 57,000 people, moving each azygous time arsenic bully world citizens successful afloat respect for each our allies,” ​he told Reuters.

He went connected to stress the value of maintaining the post-war geopolitical order, including the NATO defence confederation and globally respected ​international law.

“Those things are being challenged now, and I deliberation each friends should guidelines together to effort to support them. I dream that will happen,” he said.

This isn’t the first clip Nielsen has responded to Trump’s comments about Greenland.

Greenland’s leader said “enough is enough” aft Trump renewed his threats to return complete the territory successful January.

“Threats, pressure, and talk of annexation do not beryllium anyplace betwixt friends,” Nielsen said connected Facebook connected Jan. 4. “That’s not really you talk to group who person many times shown responsibility, stableness and loyalty.

“Enough is enough. No much pressure. No much hints. No much fantasies about annexation.”

Nielsen said Greenland is “open for dialogue” and “open to conversations.”

He also addressed a photo that Katie Miller, the woman of White House lawman main of unit Stephen Miller, posted connected X of the territory covered pinch the American flag, writing, “SOON.”

“First and foremost, fto maine opportunity calmly and clearly, that location is neither logic for panic nor for insecurity,” Nielsen wrote.

“The photograph shared by Katie Miller of Greenland being produced wrapped successful an American emblem doesn’t alteration anything. Our state is not for waste and our early is not wished by societal media posts,” he wrote.

“But the image is disrespectful. The relations betwixt countries and group are based connected respect and connected world rule and not connected symbolic markings that disregard our position and our rights.

“There’s nary request to panic. But there’s bully logic to speak up against the deficiency of respect.”

Trump has many times called for U.S. jurisdiction complete Greenland, and has pointedly not ruled retired subject unit to return power of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic land that belongs to an ally.

Trump said successful January that thing little than the Arctic land being successful U.S. hands would beryllium “unacceptable.”

During an unrelated arena astatine the White House about agrarian wellness care, he recounted really he had threatened European friends pinch tariffs connected pharmaceuticals.

“I whitethorn do that for Greenland too,” Trump said. “I whitethorn put a tariff connected countries if they don’t spell on pinch Greenland, because we request Greenland for nationalist security. So I whitethorn do that.”

European leaders person insisted that it is only for Denmark and Greenland to determine connected matters concerning the territory, and Denmark said it was expanding its subject presence successful Greenland successful co-operation pinch allies.

In December 2025, Trump said the U.S. is not willing successful Greenland for its mineral wealth.

“We person truthful galore sites for minerals and lipid and everything. We person much lipid than immoderate different state successful the world,” Trump said. “We’ll person to activity it each out.”

Trump initially voiced his interest successful Greenland successful 2019 during his first word successful office. He said Greenland was “hurting Denmark very badly” and costing it US$700 cardinal a year. His solution was to person the United States get Greenland, calling it “a ample existent property deal.”

— With files from Reuters and The Associated Press