During an announcement Monday about new warships, Trump said the U.S. "needs" Greenland for national security and that Landry wanted to be part of that goal. 'Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders'Denmark's foreign minister told Danish broadcasters that he would summon the U.S. ambassador to his ministry in response. "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland," they added in the statement emailed by Frederiksen's office. In March, Vice-President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of under-investing there. "We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland," she wrote.

Source: CBC News December 23, 2025 06:23 UTC