DENMARK’S prime minister ended a three-day visit to Greenland today after telling the United States “you cannot annex another country,” even with the argument that international security is at stake.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travelled to the strategically critical Arctic island as US President Donald Trump seeks control of it. 

A week ago, US Vice-President JD Vance visited a remote US military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.

Ms Frederiksen said that “if we let ourselves be divided as allies, then we do our foes a favour,” pleading that Denmark already does everything the United States tells it to do.

“When you ask our businesses to invest in the US, they do. When you ask us to spend more on our defence, we do, and when you ask us to strengthen security in the Arctic, we are on the same page,” she said.

“But when you demand to take over a part of the Kingdom of Denmark’s territory, when we are met by pressure and by threats from our closest ally, what are we to believe about the country that we have admired for so many years?

“This is about the world order that we have built together across the Atlantic over generations: you cannot annex another country, not even with an argument about international security,” Ms Frederiksen said.

Political parties in Greenland, which has been leaning toward eventual independence from Denmark for years, last week agreed to form a broad-based new coalition government in the face of Trump’s designs on the territory. 

In an interview with Newsmax yesterday, Vice-President Vance repeated the accusation that Denmark has “really underinvested in the infrastructure and security of Greenland.”

He said President Trump’s point is that “this matters to our security, this matters to our missile defence, and we’re going to protect America’s interests come hell or high water.”