Greenland's leader says "we are not for sale" after Trump suggests U.S. takeover

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said the island nation is "not for sale and will never be for sale," after President-elect Donald Trump suggested the U.S. should take it over. 

Trump posted on social media early Monday that "for purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity." Greenland, a large icy Arctic island with over 50,000 residents, is a self-ruling territory of Denmark. Greenland's leader responded swiftly. 

"Greenland is ours," Egede wrote. "We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom."