Greenland’s prime minister has said “we choose Denmark” before high-stakes talks at the White House as Donald Trump seeks to take control of the Arctic territory.

Amid rising tensions over the US president’s push, Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday told a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, that the island would not be owned or governed by Washington.

“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis. If we have to choose between the US and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark, Nato and the EU,” Nielsen said, adding that the island’s “goal and desire is peaceful dialogue, with a focus on cooperation”.Trump’s pursuit of the island was also a matter of “international law and our right to our own country”, he said.

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    2 hours ago

    It didn’t start with people getting shot in the face. Chat control is a big step in that direction.

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      You all are fighting on who’s riding the biggest turd boat into the sea and you’re both making find points :)

      The US is putting Nazi slogans on the government speech podiums and trying to annex countries that are too weak to put up a fight.

      The EU is trying to remove private communication.

      I think the US is a about 11:59 on the doomsday clock, the EU is about 10:45

      We’re both mostly fucked, the EU has more time to turn around, but that’s not likely either.