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'It's A Big Problem': Trump's Warning After Greenland "Chooses" Denmark

14 January 2026 10:42 (UTC +04:00)

Amid US President Donald Trump's persistent annexation threats, Greenland categorically ruled out joining the United States, saying the Arctic territory prefers to be in a union with Denmark, APA reports, citing NDTV.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said that given a choice between the United States and Denmark, the island would choose to be part of the European nation, suggesting that the island is putting its independence plans on the back burner for now.

"We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, then we choose Denmark. We choose the Greenland we know today, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark," Nielsen said at a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.

Donald Trump is demanding to take control of Greenland, either through economic means or military force. The US leader responded bluntly when asked about Nielsen's comments and warned that it could create "a big problem" for the latter.

"That's their problem. I disagree with them. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him, but that's going to be a big problem for him," Trump said.