The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with US Vice President JD Vance today at the White House. On Tuesday, the prime minister of Greenland — Jens-Frederick Nielsen — said clearly, “Greenland does not want to be owned by the USA,” and that “Greenland is not for sale.” This morning, President Donald Trump was asked for his reaction to the statement from Nielsen. “I don’t know who he is. Don’t anything about him,” Trump told reporters. “But that’s going to be a big problem for him.” The World’s Matthew Bell has the latest.
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