We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes,” he said. “We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own country by ourselves.” Read also: Trump claims US will take Greenland,

The center-right Demokraatit party won the most votes in Greenland’s election, and the party’s leader rejected Donald Trump’s plans.

Five of the six parties favour Greenland's independence from Denmark, differing only on how quickly that should come about.