'Enough is enough': Greenland flatly rejects Trump's calls for annexation

Greenland’s leaders issued a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s renewed calls to annex it Thursday, after the president once again expressed his desire to take over the Arctic island.

Greenland’s leaders issued a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s renewed calls to annex it Thursday, after the president once again expressed his desire to take over the Arctic island.

“I think it will happen,” Trump said during a news briefing at the Oval Office, after being asked directly about his vision to acquire the semiautonomous nation. He added: “We really need it for national security.”

Outgoing Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede responded in a Facebook post: “Enough is enough.”

Egede added that he planned to summon the leaders from all parties in Greenland to issue a joint rejection of Trump’s overtures.

Snowcapped buildings in Nuuk, Greenland's capital.Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesTrump told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that the U.S. needs the island “for international security.” He added: “We have a lot of our favorite players cruising around the coast, and we have to be careful.”

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