Greenland Crisis • Voices about the threat

Greenland leader: Has not seen the agreement Trump is talking about

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says he does not know the details of the framework agreement that Donald Trump claims to have concluded with NATO about the future of the island, Danish media reports.

Trump has said during the day that the US will get “everything they want” in Greenland, and he has said several times that he wants to “own” Greenland. Nielsen says they are happy to talk to the US, but with respect for the island’s red lines.

– And our independence is one of the red lines, he adds.

Otherwise, he says he is open to discussing the island’s mineral deposits. He is also open to letting the US build an air defense system – a “golden dome”, as Trump calls it. He also welcomes Trump's backtracking on his threats on Wednesday to start a trade war with the EU and take over Greenland by military means.

Rutte: Greenland's minerals not part of the agreement

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is rejecting reports in several media outlets that claim that an American veto over possible mineral extraction in Greenland is part of the agreement being negotiated. Reuters reports.

According to Rutte, no agreements related to minerals have been discussed at all. However, NATO countries will have to step up their military presence in Greenland.

According to Reuters, Rutte was asked if what Trump says can really be trusted, and replied:

- You can always take Trump at his word.