Trump suggested the U.S. should take “ownership and control” of Greenland, but the territory’s prime minister confirmed Greenland “will never be for sale.”

Since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has insisted that the United States should purchase Greenland — to the bewilderment of aides asked to investigate such a possibility, and despite repeated denials by top officials in Greenland and Denmark, of which the island is an autonomous territory, that it would ever be for sale at any price.

Greenland’s prime minister said Monday the autonomous island is not for sale after President-elect Trump said owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity” for the U.S. “Greenland is ours. We are

Greenland is not for sale, its prime minister told President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, after he revived a longstanding obsession with taking control of the Danish territory that dates back to his first term in office.