We do not want to be under American control

Political parties in Greenland announced that they do not want to be under the control of Washington, at a time when US President Donald Trump once again threatened to use force to control the mineral-rich Danish region, which sparked concern around the world.
The statement from the five parties represented in the local parliament was issued late yesterday after Trump repeated that Washington “will do something about Greenland, whether they like it or not.”
European capitals are intensifying their efforts to reach a coordinated response after the White House said this week that Trump wants to buy Greenland and does not rule out military action.
“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” the party leaders said in a joint declaration.
“Greenlanders must decide the future of Greenland,” they added.
They stressed, “No other country can interfere in this matter. We must decide the future of our country ourselves, without pressure to make a hasty decision, without procrastination, and without interference from other countries.”
Denmark and its European allies expressed their shock at Trump’s threats to control Greenland, the strategic island located between North America and the Arctic and where the United States has had a military base since World War II.
Trump says that controlling this strategic island is crucial to American national security, given the increasing military activity of Russia and China in the Arctic Circle.