Greenland and Denmark unite against US advances ahead of White House meeting

Island’s PM tells media event with Danish counterpart ‘we choose Denmark’ and will not be owned or governed by US

Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen delivers a speech Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. Picture: AP Photo/Pascal Bastien

Greenland’sprime minister has said “we choose Denmark” before high-stakes talks at the White House as Donald Trump seeks to take control of the Arctic territory.

Amid rising tensions over the US president’s push, Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday told a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, that the island would not be owned or governed by Washington.