‘We don’t want to be Americans’: Greenland’s political parties

“We don’t want to be Americans,” Greenland’s political parties said after US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory.The statement late Friday came after Trump repeated that Washington was “going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders,” the leaders of five parties in Greenland’s parliament said.“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders.”Denmark and other European allies have voiced shock at Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, where the United States already has a military base.Trump says controlling the strategic island is crucial for US national security given the rising military activity of Russia and China in the Arctic.“We’re not going to have Russia or China occupy Greenland. That’s what they’re going to