From PBS NewsHour.

Greenland is asserting its place inside of the NATO military alliance as President Donald Trump continues to push the idea of a U.S. takeover. The government there released a statement on Monday saying, "As part of the Danish Commonwealth, Greenland is a member of NATO and the defense of Greenland must therefore be through NATO."

The statement came after Trump told reporters that the U.S. would have Greenland one way or another.

Meanwhile, China weighed in, pushing back on Trump’s claims that the U.S. needs to take Greenland to prevent China or Russia from doing so. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said the U.S. should not use other countries, in their words, as a pretext for pursuing its own interests.

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