Greenland’s Prime Minister has issued a blunt six-word statement to Donald Trump amid the President-elect’s interest in purchasing Danish territory.

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Mute Egede expressed that the people in his country do not aspire to become Americans or be assimilated into the United States.

During the conversation, Fox News’ chief political anchor Bret Baier inquired with Greenland’s Prime Minister about his thoughts on the statements made by the president-elect.

Egede fired back: ‘We will always be part of NATO. We will always be a strong partner for US.

The Prime Minister highlighted the longstanding neighborly relationship between the two countries spanning the past 80 years and emphasized the potential for continued cooperation in the future, while also asserting the importance of maintaining their distinct identity and autonomy.

In a cold six-word statement to Trump, he said: ‘We don’t want to be Americans.

‘We don’t want to be a part of US, but we want a strong cooperation together with US’.

It comes after the US president-elect sparked turmoil in Copenhagen and Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, last week when he signalled that the US wanted to acquire the huge arctic island.

Greenland’s OM Mute Egede said that residents in his country ‘don’t want to be Americans’ and ‘do not want to be part of the United States’

The US president-elect sparked turmoil in Copenhagen and Nuuk last week when he signalled that the US wanted to acquire the huge arctic island

In a 45-minute phone call on Wednesday, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told Trump that Denmark was prepared to increase its responsibility for security in the Arctic.

She also reiterated the statements of the Egede, who recently said that Greenland was not for sale.

Trump did not react to the call publicly. However, he reposted on his TruthSocial platform a 2019 poll that indicated 68 per cent of Greenlanders supported independence from Denmark.

A referendum on independence is thought to be on the cards and Denmark has said it would respect any result.

Baier went on to quiz Egede in Thursday’s interview on what residents of Greenland would vote for if faced with the opportunity to gain independence from Denmark.

‘It’s up to the Greenlandic people to decide when we want to be independent, and I think it’s important to see that if Greenland takes those steps, we will always be a part of the Western alliance and a strong partner for US because your security is our security,’ the prime minister responded.

‘President Trump, as you know, can be persuasive,’ remarked Baier. ‘Are you saying tonight that Greenland is not for sale?’

Egede concluded, ‘Greenland and the future of Greenland will be decided by the Greenlandic people, and the Greenlandic people don’t want to be Danes, the Greenlandic people don’t want to be Americans.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (right) told Trump that Denmark was prepared to increase its responsibility for security in the Arctic

Greenland is rich in minerals and has a strategic location in the Arctic, although an inhospitable climate

‘Greenlandic people want to be part of the Western alliance as Greenlandic people.’

When he was last president, Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland for its oil, minerals, and geopolitical benefits.

‘We need Greenland for national security purposes,’ said Trump this month, before suggesting that Denmark may not even have ‘any legal right to it.’

Last week, Trump threatened Denmark with high tariffs if the country did not give up Greenland.

The suggestion set off alarm bells among Danish industry leaders, as the US is Denmark’s second largest export market and any targeted tariffs would have a significant impact on the Danish economy.

Then, earlier this week, Egede said his government was ready to start a dialogue with the incoming Trump administration.

But opposition MP Rasmus Jarlov said that he disapproved of Frederiksen’s approach.

Writing on X/Twitter, he said: ‘It is completely unacceptable that [Frederiksen] renounces Denmark’s rights in Greenland and places sovereignty solely with the [Greenlander] self-government when she talks to the President of the United States.’