Avant-garde Icelandic singer Björk has urged the people of Greenland to declare independence from the Kingdom of Denmark but warned of potential future “colonizers”, as U.S. President Donald J. Trump doubled down on his demands that the North American island come under the control of Washington for national security purposes.

Following the extraordinary military operation that saw the overthrow and removal of Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday by American Special Forces, renewed focus has been placed on the status of Greenland, which President Trump has suggested that the United States would not rule out using military force to acquire from its current owners in Copenhagen and fullfil a desire of presidents dating back to the 19th century.

Apparently panicked by the willingness of the U.S. President to use unorthodox methods to achieve his foreign policy objectives, Danish PM Mette Friedrickson insisted on Sunday that America has “no right to annex” Greenland. In turn, President Trump said that the United States “absolutely” needs to take control of Greenland, saying: “We need it for defence.”

Wading into the diplomatic spat, Reykjavík-born Nordic electronica singer Björk called on the people of Greenland to seek independence from Denmark as her homeland of Iceland did during World War II.

“I wish all Greenlanders blessing in their fight for independence. Icelanders are extremely relieved that they managed to break from the Danish in 1944,” the 60-year-old singer wrote on X.