Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens Frederik Nielsen, said yesterday that he represents a proud nation seeking to uphold international order, in response to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the Arctic island. Last Wednesday, Trump expressed his disappointment with NATO, as relations reached a crisis point due to the conflict with Iran, stating that the military alliance was not there when needed and that he still remembers Greenland as a "large piece of poorly managed ice." "What is important for us is to maintain the global community we have built since World War II, where we have a defensive alliance that we respect and where there is international law respected by all parties," Nielsen told Reuters. "These things are being challenged now, and I think all allies should unite to preserve them. I hope this will happen," he said. NATO allies had already tried to find ways to maintain the alliance's unity earlier this year, after Trump revived his effort to acquire Greenland from Denmark, a NATO member. Nielsen today dismissed Trump's characterization of his country. "We are not a piece of ice. We are a proud nation of 57,000 inhabitants, working every day as good citizens of the world, fully respecting our allies," Nielsen said.