Greenland has hit back at Donald Trump’s claims he will take their land ‘one way or the other’ despite claiming the territory’s population are ‘incredible people’.

President Trump addressed Congress on Tuesday (March 4), where he revealed Vladimir Putin has provided ‘strong signals’ to the US for peace and detailed a letter received from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the ongoing war in Europe.

The 47th POTUS also had a message for the people of Greenland in what was a somewhat confusing address.

“If you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,” Trump said.

“We need Greenland for national security and even international security.

“And we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it. But we need it really for international world security.”

Donald Trump expressed his desire to acquire Greenland (LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite seemingly offering ‘the incredible people of Greenland’ the choice to ‘determine [their] own future,’ Trump then resolved: “And I think we’re going to get it – one way or the other, we’re going to get it.”

And the president’s speech concluded with: “We will keep you safe. We will make you rich. And together, we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.

“It’s a very small population but very, very large piece of land and very, very important for military security.”

Mute Egede, Greenland’s prime minster, has since hit back at the comments made by Trump with a quick witted 10-word response.

He said: “We do not wish to be Americans. Greenland is ours.”

He added: “We do not want to be Americans, nor Danes, we are Greenlanders.

Greenland’s prime minister has hit back (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

“The Americans and their leaders must understand that. We are not for sale and cannot just be taken. Our future is decided by us in Greenland.”

Back in January, following a ‘fiery’ call with Denmark’s Prime Minister – Greenland has been part of the Danish Kingdom since the 18th Century – Trump told press: “I think we’re going to have it. I think the people want to be with us.

“I don’t really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn’t allow that to happen because it’s for the protection of the free world.

“I think Greenland, we’ll get because it has to do with freedom of the world.

“It has nothing to do with the United States other than that we’re the one that can provide the freedom. They can’t.”

The gas company tasked with helping the investigation of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s ‘suspicious’ deaths say they found a ‘minuscule leak’.

The veteran Hollywood actor, 95, was discovered on the floor of his Santa Fe, New Mexico, home late last month (February 26) while his wife, 65, and their 12-year-old dog were found in similar positions in a separate room.

Gene’s daughter, Elizabeth Jean Hackman, told TMZ last week that she suspects the pair could’ve died from carbon monoxide poisoning or other ‘toxic fumes’.

Yet initial tests carried out by the Santa Fe City Fire Department showed there were ‘no signs’ of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning.

Gene and Betsy were found dead on the floor of their home last month (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office also said they did not suspect foul play but determined the mysterious and seemingly sudden deaths ‘suspicious enough’ to warrant a thorough investigation.

Now, the New Mexico Gas company has confirmed that there are ‘no significant findings’ in the couple’s home related to gas leaks or carbon monoxide, reports Variety.

However, gas workers did find a ‘minuscule’ leak around a stove burner, which showed 0.33 percent gas in the air, but determined it was ‘not a lethal amount.’

The gas company also noted four other ‘red tag’ code enforcement violations, not involving gas or carbon monoxide, around a water heater and gas log lighters in three fireplaces.

The sheriff’s office also said this week that natural gas is ‘not believed to be a factor.’

While autopsy and toxicology results into the superstar actor and the classical pianist are still pending, Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Gene and Betsy’s bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide, suggesting it has been ruled out as a cause of death.

A gas inspection found a minor leak but nothing that could’ve contribute to their deaths (Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

The pair also showed no signs of having suffered ‘external trauma’ but cops on the scene noted the pair appeared to have possibly ‘abruptly’ fallen to the ground and had apparently been dead for some time.

Tests on Gene’s pacemaker showed he was alive as of February 17 when a ‘last event’ was recorded, reports Daily Mail, which is nine days before their bodies were found.

The authorities say it is a ‘reasonable assumption’ that Gene died around that time the pacemaker recorded the event.

Among the ‘suspicious’ circumstances at the scene of their sprawling $3.8 million home were the fact the front door was unlocked, as discovered by two maintenance workers, and two of their three of their dogs on the premises were ‘healthy’.

A bottle of opened prescription pills were also found scattered on the counter top of the bathroom near Betsy’s body while Gene was found on the floor of the mud-room by a walking stick and sunglasses.

A spokesperson for the Kremlin has released a statement responding to Donald Trump pausing all US military aid to Ukraine and his ‘desire to bring peace’.

Mere days after US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance berated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, the US revealed it would be pausing military aid to Ukraine.

On February 28, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited the White House in Washington DC but was met with a far from warm response.

Vance proceeded to accuse Zelenskyy of being disrespectful towards both the US and President Trump, and told him he ‘should be thanking the president’.

Trump then ended up butting in, telling Zelenskyy he’s ‘in no position to dictate’ how the US is ‘going to feel’ given he and Ukraine aren’t ‘in a very good position,’ accusing the president of ‘allow[ing]’ himself to ‘be in a very bad position’.

Trump warned: “You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards … You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people! You’re gambling with World War Three! You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country – this country.”

Yesterday (March 3), a White House official revealed the US would be ‘pausing and reviewing [its] aid [to Ukraine] to ensure that it is contributing to a solution’.

“The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” the statement added.

The White House revealed it’s paused military aid to Ukraine (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

And Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has since responded to the US’ decision to pause military aid to Ukraine, stating, as quoted by Reuters: “If this is true, then this is a decision that can really encourage the Kyiv regime to (come to) the peace process.”

Since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, the US has provided the equivalent of $65.9 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, the State Department revealed in January earlier this year.

Peskov’s statement continues: “It is obvious that the United States has been the main supplier of this war so far. If the United States stops being (an arms supplier) or suspends these supplies, it will probably be the best contribution to the cause of peace.”

He resolved: “We hear his statement about his desire to bring peace to Ukraine, and this is welcome. We see certain things and receive certain information about the proposed actions in this direction. This is also welcome. But we will continue to see how the situation develops in reality.”

China has implemented new tariffs in response to steps made by Donald Trump during his opening days in the Oval Office.

Upon his presidency starting, President Donald Trump implemented tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China to tackle what the White House has described as an ‘extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl’.

Essentially, tariffs are taxes imposed on foreign goods, meaning many of these goods will cost more to sell in the US – which could ultimately be passed on to the consumer.

Trump signed an executive order last month to add a ten percent tariff on all shipped goods from China, a tariff which has since been increased to 20 percent across the board.

Trump has previously introduced tariffs on China (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

When it comes to China specifically, a press release from the White House claimed Chinese officials had ‘failed to take the actions necessary to stem the flow of precursor chemicals to known criminal cartels and shut down money laundering by transnational criminal organizations’.

The trade war official began on February 4, but it didn’t take long for President Xi Jinping to retaliate.

Following the order coming into play, China announced plans to impose taxes of 15 percent on coal and liquified natural gas from the US, as well as a 10 percent levy on crude oil, farming equipment, and some cars.

And on Tuesday (March 4), China announced imports of US-grown chicken, wheat, corn and cotton will see an extra 15 percent tariff, while the likes of sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, seafoods, fruit, vegetables, and dairy products are seeing a 10 percent increase, as per AP.

The country has also placed ten further firms based in the US on its unreliable entity list, which essentially prohibits them from making new investments in China and from engaging in import and export activities.

China has implemented new tariffs in response (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Officials in Beijing have added 15 US-based companies to its export control list, with the ministry stating in a statement: “China has decided to include 15 US entities that endanger China’s national security and interests in the export control list, prohibiting the export of dual-use items to them.”

Speaking of the future, Sun Chenghao, who is an international relations professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, said: “The US hopes to get a trade deal with China in the end. For the long term, it is possible that China and the US will continue to negotiate, but the current atmosphere is not good.”

A Canadian Premier has claimed he will shut off power to 1.5 million US customers after Donald Trump announced controversial new tariffs.

Shortly after his return to the White House in January, President Trump signed off on an order imposing ‘catastrophic’ tariffs to ‘hold China, Mexico and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US’ by placing 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent on China.

The 47th POTUS explained how the only ‘solution’ for Canada to avoid the tariff is to become the US’ ‘cherished 51st State’.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement released on Monday (March 3): “Today, after a 30-day pause, the United States administration has decided to proceed with imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy. Let me be unequivocally clear – there is no justification for these actions.”

Trump has introduced new tariffs on Canada (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

An announcement released by the White House stated the tariffs are part of Trump ‘taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country’.

The order states: “There is growing production of fentanyl in Canada, and enough fentanyl was seized at the northern border last fiscal year to kill 9.8 million Americans.

“Additionally, illegal border crossings from Canada reached historic new highs every year for the last four fiscal years.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who won a third majority last week, said during news conference: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything, including cutting off their energy — with a smile on my face.

“They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard? We’ve got to go back twice as hard.”

Ford told NBC: “We [Ontario] keep the lights on in 1.5 million homes and [in] manufacturing in New York, in Michigan, and in Minnesota.

“If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going into the US.”

Doug Ford has said he’ll cut off energy (NBC)

And speaking during a mining convention in downtown Toronto on Monday, Ford doubled down on his initial claims.

As per the Toronto Sun, Ford said: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face.

“They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard.”

He added: “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.

“The provinces have a big say in it, but it’s the federal government that’s leading the charge, and we’re going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder no matter who’s in the federal government.”