OSLO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland are both offensive and disrespectful, said Avaaraq S. Olsen, mayor of Greenland's capital Nuuk, on Wednesday.
"We do not want this. We have already made our opinion known. We held the largest demonstration ever in Greenland in spring, strongly rejecting the Americans. And that is still the position of the Greenlandic people," Olsen said in an interview with CBC News, a Canadian public broadcaster, according to Danish broadcaster DR.
"We are treated like something that can be bought," Olsen said, describing widespread unease.
Trump and his team are weighing "a range of options" to acquire Denmark's Greenland, including "utilizing the U.S. military," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday.
On the same day, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland. Greenland's government has confirmed that it will participate in the meeting. ■