Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede, issued a defiant response to U.S. President Donald Trump after he said America would eventually take control of the Arctic island. "Americans and their leader need to understand this.

Greenland's prime minister declared Wednesday that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said his administration supported the Arctic island’s right of self-determination — but added that the United States will acquire the territory “one way or

But on Tuesday evening during a joint address to Congress, Trump said his administration was taking steps to reclaim the Panama Canal, and he resumed his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. “We’re taking it back,” Trump said of the Panama Canal.