‘Greenland is ours’: Prime minister responds to Trump

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede again pushed back on President Trump's proposal that the U.S. acquire the Arctic island, claiming in a post early Wednesday that "Greenland is ours."

Egede denounced Trump's claims during his joint address to Congress that the U.S. would take over the territory owned by Denmark "one way to another," arguing in a post online that the islands inhabitants are neither American or Danish, but Greenlandic, The Associated Press reported.

The future of the territory will be decided by its people, he added in the post on Facebook, which was written in both Danish and Greenlandic.

Trump has doubled down in recent weeks on his plan to acquire Greenland, arguing that it is necessary for national security purposes. During his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, he reiterated his idea.

“We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it,” Trump said. “But we need it really for international world security."

"And I think we’re going to get it. One way or the other, we’re going to get it," he told the crowd.

His remarks come just a week before Greenlanders are set go to the polls for parliamentary elections, the AP noted.

Officials from both Greenland and Denmark have pushed back on the idea, claiming the island is not for sale. The president has not ruled out the use of military force to acquire the territory, sparking international concern around the time he returned to the White House.

“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale,” Egede said at the time.

Danish politician Anders Vistisen noted that the island has been part of the Danish Kingdom for 800 years and is an integrated part of its country.

“It is not for sale,” he said. “Let me put it in words you might understand, Mr. Trump: F--- off.”

Egede added that he believes Greenland's residents don't want to separate from Denmark just to become part of the U.S.

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