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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deborah Cole

US ‘has no right’ to take over Greenland, Danish PM says after renewed Trump threats

Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen said it made ‘absolutely no sense’ for the US to be talking about needing a part of the Danish kingdom. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

Denmark’s prime minister has urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland after the president said the US “absolutely” needs the territory.

Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday: “It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom.”

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