Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen insisted that he did not know what was in a "deal" President Donald Trump announced about his country — but insisted that it was "not going to happen" without his blessing.
After Trump announced a "framework of a future deal" between the U.S. and Greenland, Nielsen responded in a Thursday press conference.
"Under the framework of the Kingdom of Denmark and the NATO alliance, we have obtained self-rule, our right to self-determination within the framework," he said, noting recent protests against the U.S. "One cannot question the voice of the people. To summarize, we choose the Kingdom of Denmark, we choose the EU, we choose NATO."
CNN's Nick Robertson asked the prime minister if "Trump, the United States, gets anything more out of this agreement than he already had."
"First of all, nobody else than Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark have the mandate to make deals or agreements about Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark without us," Nielsen stated. "That's not going to happen."
"In terms of the deal that's been talked about, I don't know what's concrete in that deal either," he added. "In terms of wanting to own Greenland, your first question. Until yesterday, we couldn't rule out anything."
