Kulusuk, Greenland (CNN) Greenlanders have a message for Donald Trump following reports the US President has repeatedly inquired about buying the autonomous Danish territory: Not gonna happen.

In the small village of Kulusuk, a settlement off Greenland's southeastern coast, locals responded icily to news that the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility of purchasing Greenland from the Danish government.

"They tried to buy us in 1867, during Second World War, and now they are trying again," local Kulusuk resident Bent Abeelsen told CNN. "Not gonna happen."

The sentiment was echoed by the island's government, which said in a statement Friday: "Greenland is not for sale."

But at least one bemused Kulusuk local said he was open to the idea of what America could offer Greenland.

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