Denmark's foreign minister said his country welcomed President Trump's comments that the people of Greenland had a right to self-determination but that he didn't believe that the territory's push to loosen ties with his country meant it wanted to become part of the U.

The American president’s interest in the immense island has already altered the sometimes tense relationship between Copenhagen and its former colony.

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the people of Greenland will determine their future and don't want to be part of the United States or Denmark.

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