Protests took place in Greenland against the policy of US President Donald Trump, reports Dagens Nyheter. He stated that the United States would certainly control the island. About a thousand people gathered for a protest in the capital of Greenland,

We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen of the island’s Demokraatit party.

All five parties in Greenland’s parliament issued a joint statement on Friday rejecting President Donald Trump’s latest effort to take control of the strategic Arctic island.The statement was issued by the leaders of all five parties that won seats in parliament in an election held earlier this week.