"We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken. Our future will be decided by us in Greenland," Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede said.

Greenland’s prime minister has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.” Múte Bourup Egede made the statement on Facebook Wednesday, just hours after Trump declared in his speech to a joint session of Congress that he intends to gain control of Greenland “one way or the other.

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede wrote following Trump's speech, "We don’t want to be Americans, nor Danes; We are Kalaallit (Greenlanders)."

Stating that the island’s citizens are neither American nor Danish because they are Greenlandic, PM Egede wrote in a post on Facebook on Wednesday that the US needs to understand this and added the future of Greenland will be decided by its people.

Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede firmly stated that Greenland will not be bought by the US, responding to President Trump's comments about acquiring the territory. Egede emphasized Greenland's autonomy and self-determination,

Greenland PM Múte Bourup Egede's remark came hours after Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring Greenland in his address to Congress, painting a picture of prosperity and safety for the "incredible people" of the island.

President Donald Trump doubled-down on his interest in assuming Greenland, and he isn't the first elected official to suggest doing so.

Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede aims to call for a referendum on independence if reelected on March 11. “Greenland is for the Greenlandic people,” affirmed Egede. “We do not want to be Danish.