“We don’t want to be Americans,” said a Greenland lawmaker, who described as “extraordinary” a situation in which “an ally is coming to us with what is basically an ultimatum.”

Jeff Landry was on his first visit to the Arctic island – despite not being officially invited – since his appointment six months ago.

Jeff Landry’s visit has proved controversial, with the territory’s PM saying there was no sign ‘anything has changed’ in the US position