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(AP) – President Donald Trump again insisted the United States should control Greenland instead of Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe at a NATO summit. Trump spoke during a meeting Tuesday with the summit host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
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Trump called the semiautonomous island “an important part” for the United States, as he repeated the false claim that it’s surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships and said he won’t let Greenland be threatened.
“That should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
Upon arriving at the meeting, Trump lashed out at European partners for resisting his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran.
But by day’s end, he described a gathering of unity and “tremendous love,” and praised member nations on their progress in increasing their defense spending.
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Speaking at the summit a day after Trump again expressed a desire for the U.S. to control Greenland, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, “Greenland is of course not for sale.”
Frederiksen also said her country is “ready to defend every inch of NATO including our own territory.”
Greenland’s prime minister also reiterated that the territory is not for sale in a social media post following Trump’s comments.
“The future of Greenland is decided by us in Greenland and not by others. Repeated calls for the takeover or control of our country do not change this,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a post on Facebook.
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