March 14, 2025 (EIRNS)—Yesterday, two days after the Greenland parliamentary election, U.S. President Donald Trump held a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In answer to a question about “annexing” Greenland, Trump said “Well, I think it’ll happen. And I’m just thinking, I didn’t give it much thought before, but I’m sitting with a man that could be very instrumental. Mark, we need that for international security, not just security, international…. I think that’s why NATO might have to get involved in a way, because we really need Greenland for national security.” He questioned the legal status of Greenland being part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO ally, and said that he may send more troops to the U.S. military base there.
In response, in Greenland today, the chairmen of all the parties newly elected to Greenland’s self-governing parliament Inatsisartut (the Demokraatit, Naleraq, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut and Atassut parties) issued the following statement:
“We—all party leaders—cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland.
“We, as party leaders, find this behavior unacceptable towards friends and allies in a defense alliance.