Greenland's prime minister says citizens 'don't feel safe' after Trump's threats

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in an interview with NBC News that many Greenlanders "don't feel safe" amid President Donald Trump's repeated push to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in an interview with NBC News that many Greenlanders "don't feel safe" amid President Donald Trump's repeated push to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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Trump's Truth Social posts and rhetoric targeting Greenland are "an unacceptable pressure to put on the Greenlandic people, when the biggest power in the world and the leader of that is threatening the Greenlandic people," Nielsen said.

"A lot of people don't feel safe," he said, adding, "Some have been scared. Now it's turning into — for a lot — turning into anger."