FILE PHOTO: Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen welcomes Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the day of the European Political Community summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Greenland is making it clear that it will not, "under any circumstances," accept any offer from the United States to become part of the country or allow President Donald Trump to take control of it, reported The Guardian.
Trump has said that he needs Greenland for national security; however, the U.S. is closer to Russia than Greenland, with just four kilometers separating the nearest Alaska island from Russia.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that they're already at work on bolstering Arctic security.
While Trump has always mentioned the need to purchase Greenland, his top aide, Stephen Miller, told CNN's Jake Tapper that the U.S. would conduct military operations to take over the island, which has 30,000 residents.
Trump also has an interest in the rare-earth minerals on the island, but technology experts said the U.S. wouldn't even begin to uncover them for another decade.
In a Monday statement, Greenland's government said it is "part of the kingdom of Denmark" and “as part of the Danish commonwealth, a member of NATO."
Greenland also said that it would increase its efforts to ensure its defense took place “in the NATO framework."
The Island's ruling coalition “believes Greenland will forever be part of the Western Defence Alliance," and that “all NATO member states, including the US, have a common interest” in Greenland's defense.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
The U.S. has enjoyed a treaty with Greenland since 1951 and has an American Space Force base on the island.
Greenland's government is seeking a diplomatic solution with Trump.
Germany’s former vice-chancellor Robert Habeck penned a column in The Guardian encouraging the European Union begin the process to make Greenland part of the group.
“This should be the moment to explicitly offer EU membership to Greenland, and by extension to the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway,” he wrote in a co-authored piece with Andreas Raspotnik of Nord University in Norway.