NUUK — Greenland's prime minister said Wednesday now was "not the time" to talk about the Arctic island's future independence and jeopardise its right to self-determination, as Trump ramps up threats to take control of it. "I don't think this is the time to talk about it. We shouldn't gamble with our right to self-determination when another country is talking about taking us," Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in an interview with Greenlandic media. The remarks were published just hours before a high-stakes meeting at the White House between Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. officials over Greenland. "That doesn't mean we won't want something different in the future. But here and now, we are part of the (Danish) kingdom, and we stand with the kingdom. That is particularly important in this serious situation," Nielsen added. Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart were to meet later Wednesday with their U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, who rebuked Denmark last year for a lack of military engagement in Greenland. Nielsen said he hoped that af