President Donald Trump’s statements on the need to include Greenland in the US should be considered a threat, Jens Frederik Nielsen, chairman of Greenland's Democratic Party, told the Washington Post, the latter reports.

This is "a threat to our political independence," Nielsen said. "We must defend ourselves."

The MP delivered his speech at a meeting of the Greenlandic parliament, which passed a law prohibiting foreign financing of political parties and their youth divisions. This law aims to safeguard against Trump's attempts to influence the future of the Arctic island.