DONALD Trump has said he believes the US will annex Greenland.
The President made the comments during a meeting at the Oval Office, expressing confidence in the idea.
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“I think that it will happen,” he told reporters at the White House while hosting a meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte.
“I didn’t give it much thought before, but I’m sitting with a man who could be very instrumental.
“You know, Mark, we need that for international security, not just security, international.
“We have a lot of our favourite players cruising around the coast and we have to be careful and we will be talking to you.”
Denmark has repeatedly said that Greenland is not for sale after Trump put pressure on Greenland’s PM Mute B Egede since discussing the buy-out of the territory before his re-election.
Rutte was very quick to say that he would not wade into the issue of US and Greenland and bring NATO into the discussion, but he did say that Trump is correct with his concerns about the Arctic region.
“The Chinese are now using these routes, we know that the Russians are already arming,” the Secretary General of NATO said.
“Outside of Russia, there are seven Arctic countries working together on this, under US leadership, is very important to make sure that the region, that part of the world, stays safe.
“We know things are changing there and we have to be there.”
An election held on Tuesday in the Danish territory, saw a win for pro-business opposition Demokraatit Party which is seeking gradual independence from Denmark.
The US president called their win a good thing for the US after he vowed last week that America will take control of the Arctic island “one way or another”.
The day before polls opened in Greenland, Trump said he could make the island’s 57,000 residents “rich” if they decided to link up with the US.
He went headfirst into his second term warning Copenhagen that they would be committing an “unfriendly act” if they refused to hand over the island as Russia and China move into the region.
Rutte’s reluctance to comment on America’s Greenland ambitions comes after NATO allies discussed deploying troops to Greenland in the event of a US attempt to seize it.
Last month sources told The Telegraph that questions were raised as to if Article 5, NATO’s mutual defense clause would come into play.
Danish Prime Minister Mettee Frederiksen was quick to quash growing tensions by thanking the US for its concerns about security in the Arctic but reiterating that Greenland is not for sale.
To address concerns, the PM said she would increased Denmark’s military presence on Greenland.
However, other Danes have been less diplomatic, with Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, bluntly telling the Republican to “f*** off”.
During a session at parliament in January he said: “Dear President Trump, listen very carefully. Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years.
“It’s an integrated part of our country. It is not for sale.
“Let me put it in words you might understand. Mr Trump F*** off.”
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