By Danica Kirka NUUK, Greenland (AP) \u2014 Greenland\u2019s likely new prime minister on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark. Jens-Frederik Nielsen\u2019s Demokraatit, a pro-business party that favors a slow path to independence, won a surprise victory in Tuesday\u2019s parliamentary election, outpacing the two left-leaning parties that formed the last government. With most Greenlanders opposing Trump\u2019s overtures, the campaign focused more on issues like healthcare and education than on geopolitics. But on Wednesday Nielsen was quick to push back against Trump, who last week told a joint session of Congress that the U.S. needed Greenland to protect its own national security interests and he expected to get… <\/p>\n
By Danica Kirka NUUK, Greenland (AP) \u2014 Greenland\u2019s likely new prime minister on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark. Jens-Frederik Nielsen\u2019s Demokraatit, a pro-business party that favors a slow path to independence, won a surprise victory in Tuesday\u2019s parliamentary election, outpacing the two left-leaning parties that formed the last government. With most Greenlanders opposing Trump\u2019s overtures, the campaign focused more on issues like healthcare and education than on geopolitics. But on Wednesday Nielsen was quick to push back against Trump, who last week told a joint session of Congress that the U.S. needed Greenland to protect its own national security interests and he expected to get... <\/p>\n