"We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken. Our future will be decided by us in Greenland," Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede said.

Greenland’s prime minister has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.” Múte Bourup Egede made the statement on Facebook Wednesday, just hours after Trump declared in his speech to a joint session of Congress that he intends to gain control of Greenland “one way or the other.

Officials in Greenland and Denmark insist the world's largest island isn't for sale. Is President Donald Trump hearing them? Does it matter?

In his speech, President Trump emphasized the U.S. support for Greenland's right to self-determination but expressed a desire to integrate Greenland into the United States. Trump

Stating that the island’s citizens are neither American nor Danish because they are Greenlandic, PM Egede wrote in a post on Facebook on Wednesday that the US needs to understand this and added the future of Greenland will be decided by its people.

"The future is decided by us in Greenland." Trump has expressed ambition to acquire Greenland since his first term. The mine

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede emphatically rejected US President Donald Trump's comments about acquiring Greenland, stating, "Greenland is ours," and it cannot be taken or bought. Trump's speech aimed to sway Greenlanders by offering safety and prosperity under US control.

The president attempted to appeal to the "incredible people of Greenland," telling them they had a say in their future

Nuuk: Prime Minister of Greenland, Múte Bourup Egede declared on Wednesday that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from US President Donald Trump, who said the

Greenland’s Prime Minister has declared “Greenland is ours”, in defiance of US President Donald Trump.Mute Bourup Egede made the statement on Facebook on Wednesday, just hours after Mr Trump declared in his address to Congress that he intends to gain control of Greenland “one way or the other”.