Fact checkPoliticsPublished May 19, 2026

The claim

“Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told US special envoy Jeff Landry that Greenland is not for sale.”

Speaker under reviewSource under reviewMay 19, 2026

Our verdict

True

AP News reports that Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told US special envoy Jeff Landry that Greenland is not for sale, quoting Danish TV 2.

What we found

No contradictory evidence was found in the reviewed sources.

The evidence

2 sources, all background: none settles the claim either way.

Contradict 0Support 0Background 2

How we checked

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