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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,869 posts)
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:28 PM May 18

Greenland's prime minister tells Trump's envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated

Source: AP

NUUK, Greeland (AP) — Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ’s special envoy to the Arctic territory, but that he made it clear that the Greenlandic people continue to insist on self-determination.

Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, and Trump in the past has frequently insisted that the U.S. should take control of the island for security reasons, which has raised sovereignty concerns and pushback from Greenlandic and Danish leaders.

“The Greenlandic people are not for sale. Greenlandic self-determination is not something that can be negotiated,” Nielsen was quoted by Danish TV 2 as saying after meeting on the island with the envoy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

Nielsen also reiterated that the Greenlandic people “seek good cooperation” with the U.S., and said his “courtesy meeting” with Landry took place with “mutual respect and in a positive atmosphere."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/greenlands-prime-minister-tells-trumps-145905178.html



Trump picked a governor from one of the poorest states in the union as his envoy.
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Greenland's prime minister tells Trump's envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 OP
This is like explaining to a baby bucolic_frolic May 18 #1
Landry - "Hey, Greenland! You can be just like Louisiana!" paleotn May 18 #2
Yeah, Landry/PEDO doesn't think Cha May 18 #4
Should of dropped Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on an ice plain. dave99 May 18 #3
Trump is only respectful lonely bird May 18 #5
Great quote....but JustKay May 19 #6

paleotn

(22,850 posts)
2. Landry - "Hey, Greenland! You can be just like Louisiana!"
Mon May 18, 2026, 02:41 PM
May 18

Nielsen - "No thanks. We'll pass. Looked at your state's stats lately, Jeff? They're kinda 3rd world."

Cha

(320,973 posts)
4. Yeah, Landry/PEDO doesn't think
Mon May 18, 2026, 09:16 PM
May 18

PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen doesn't look into all of that?

They see how htwy they treat people who aren't White like they are, too.

I absolutely love these Geenlanders & the Danes!

JustKay

(187 posts)
6. Great quote....but
Tue May 19, 2026, 09:08 PM
May 19

“The Greenlandic people are not for sale. Greenlandic self-determination is not something that can be negotiated." This is a great quote, but Trump doesn't understand big words like self-determination!

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