Greenland's prime minister said he hasn't spoken to President-elect Donald Trump, but that he's open to discussions about what "unites us."

The prime minister of the Greenland says the people of his mineral-rich Arctic territory don’t want to be Americans but that he’s open to greater cooperation with the United States

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control of Greenland.