The leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland, after he reiterated his wish to do so in an interview with The Atlantic magazine. The U.S. has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish Kingdom," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement on Sunday. Trump told the magazine: "We do need Greenland, absolutely. Trump has advocated for Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, to become part of the United States. Greenland, a former Danish colony, has the right to declare independence under a 2009 agreement but depends heavily on Danish subsidies.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2026 01:51 UTC