00:00All appears calm on the streets of Greenland's capital.
00:03But some residents are concerned about US President Donald Trump's threats to annex the country.
00:09We must finally move away from the president's verbal attacks.
00:14Since Trump took office a year ago, we have been in a constant state of psychological warfare.
00:19We have never experienced anything like this in Greenland before.
00:25Greenland and its owner, NATO member Denmark, have denounced Trump's comments.
00:30Yet thousands of kilometers away, the US President has reiterated his goal to own the semi-autonomous territory,
00:36which has a population of around 57,000.
00:40I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way, but if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way.
00:45In Nuuk, residents interviewed by Danish reporters were adamant that the island is not for sale.
00:50He could never buy us, ever in my life.
00:53500,000?
00:54No.
00:55A million?
00:56Not...
00:56You can say any number.
00:58Any number, any number in the world, and we'll know, and we'll say no.
01:03It belongs to us and only us only.
01:06Some did not hesitate to show their discontent.
01:09This drugstore sells caps in the same color as those worn by Trump supporters.
01:14But the embroidered slogan, Enough is Enough, is directed squarely at the US leader.
01:18We want peace to return.
01:24We do not in any way want Greenland to be for sale anywhere.
01:30Trump has argued that Greenland is crucial for US national security and that the US needs to own it to stop Russia and China from doing so.
01:38He has alleged, without evidence, that it was, quote, covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.
01:45Denmark has warned that any military action from the US would result in the end of the transatlantic defence alliance.
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