Greenland’s leader says island ‘is ours’ in defiance of message from Trump

Greenlandic Prime Minister said the island’s citizens are neither American nor Danish because they are Greenlandic

A woman walks with her dogs on a beach in Nuuk, Greenland (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Greenland’s prime minister has declared “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought, in defiance of US president Donald Trump.

Mute Bourup Egede’s message follows Mr Trump’s claims that his administration supported the Arctic island’s right of self-determination — but added that the United States will acquire the territory “one way or another”.