00:00We all know, we all know, that the people of Greenland do not want to be ruled by America.
00:07But does he agree that just as those in Greenland should decide their own future, so should the Chagossians?
00:18Mr Speaker, I've made out my position on Greenland absolutely clear on Monday at a moment ago.
00:25President Trump deployed words on Chagoss yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House.
00:36He deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland.
00:48Mr Speaker, he wants me to yield on my position, and I'm not going to do so.
00:59Given that that was his express purpose, I'm surprised the Leader of the Opposition has jumped on the bandwagon.
01:06I had understood, I had understood her position, Mr Speaker, I had understood her position to be that she supported the government's position on the future of Greenland.
01:21Now she appears to support words by President Trump to undermine the government's position on the future of Greenland.
01:29She's chosen naked opportunism over the national interest.
01:36Mr Speaker, we'll note that when I asked him what the President told him, he couldn't tell us.
01:41Now he expects us to believe he knows what's going on in President Trump's mind.
01:46Let me remind him, let me remind him.
01:49His Deputy Prime Minister, then Foreign Secretary, used to say that if President Trump didn't like the deal, it wouldn't go ahead.
01:56And let's look at what President Trump actually said.
02:00The Chagos deal is an act of great stupidity, and a sign of total weakness.
02:07We didn't need President Trump to tell us that.
02:09We've been saying this for 12 months.
02:12And let's remind the Prime Minister, President Trump thought that we were doing this, that the Prime Minister is doing this for money.
02:19The Prime Minister is giving away territory we own and paying £35 billion for the privilege.
02:28Why doesn't he just scrap this terrible deal and put the money into our armed forces?
02:35The words from President Trump were expressly intended to put pressure on me to yield on my principle.
02:42What he said about Chagos was literally in the same sentence as what he said about Greenland.
02:49That was his purpose.
02:51And the future of Greenland is a binary issue that is splitting the world at the moment with material consequences.
02:58I've been clear and consistent in my position on the future of Greenland.
03:02It is the future is for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone.
03:07The Leader of the Opposition has taken three positions in ten days.
03:12Ten days ago, she said Greenland was, in her words, a second-order issue.
03:19Four days ago, she said she supported our position on Greenland.
03:25Now she's backing arguments intended to undermine our position, Britain's position on Greenland.
03:31This is an important national moment and yet again the Leader of the Opposition has shown she is incapable of rising to it.
