"Greenland is at the center of a geopolitical storm as U.S. President Donald Trump is insisting he wants to own the island and the residents of its capital Nuuk say it is not for sale. Trump said he wants to control Greenland at any cost and the White House has not ruled out taking the island by force. U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister Lars Lkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington on Wednesday to discuss"
"Tuuta Mikaelsen, a 22-year-old student, told The Associated Press in Nuuk that she hoped American officials would get the message to "back off." Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told a news conference in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Tuesday that, "if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU.""
International journalists and camera crews in Nuuk interview residents about U.S. interest in Greenland. U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted he wants to own the island and the White House has not ruled out taking it by force. U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and Greenland's leader in Washington to discuss the island. Greenlandic residents and leaders say the island is not for sale and affirm allegiance to Denmark, NATO and the EU. Greenland's strategic value rises as melting ice opens shorter Asia routes and access to critical mineral deposits. Experts and locals question claims of a Chinese or Russian naval threat.
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