The U.S. shouldn't use other countries as a “pretext” to pursue its interests in the semiautonomous region of Denmark, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.

NUUK: Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish…