Independence has been the focus of campaigning ahead of Greenland's legislative elections Tuesday, a prospect foreseen by the Danish constitution with legislation already in place outlining how to make it happen.

Greenland’s prime minister says “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump

Múte Bourup Egede declared that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from US President Donald Trump, who said the United States will acquire the territory “one way or another” even though his administration supports the island’s right of self-determination.

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede affirmed the island's sovereignty after U.S. President Trump expressed intentions to acquire the territory. Trump emphasized the U.S. could secure Greenland one way or another,