Greenland’s prime minister said Sunday that the U.S. “will not get” the resource-rich island in the Atlantic.

President Donald Trump wants to annex the self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, claiming it is needed for national security purposes.

“President Trump says that the United States ‘will get Greenland.’ Let me be clear: The United States will not get it. We do not belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,” Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post.

Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee visited Pituffik Space Base, the Department of Defense’s northernmost military installation, in Greenland on Friday. 

Traditional Greenlandic housing is seen from the Myggedalen viewpoint on March 28, 2025, in Nuuk, Greenland.  (Leon Neal)

Although the Danish territory has said it is seeking independence from Copenhagen but isn’t interested in becoming part of the U.S., Trump has repeatedly floated, dating back to his first administration, a desire to secure Greenland for the U.S. as Russian and Chinese presence grows in the Arctic. 

Demonstrators hold Greenland flags as they protest in front of the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Saturday, March 29, 2025.  (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix)

Polls have shown that nearly all Greenlanders oppose becoming part of the United States. Anti-American protesters, some wearing “Make America Go Away” caps and holding “Yankees Go Home” banners, have staged some of the largest demonstrations ever seen in Greenland.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan, Diana Stancy and The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.