New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- France on Monday fired back at the Donald Trump administration's justification to acquire Greenland with a series of brutal and savage one-liners, with the replies now going viral.

In a post on early Monday, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs issued a sharp and sarcastic rebuttal to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statement justifying why his country wanted to acquire Greenland. The French MFA drew parallel with situations where deliberately causing harm would be the solution to a future problem.

"If there were a fire someday, firefighters would intervene - so better burn the house now. If a shark might attack someday, intervention would follow - so better eat the lifeguard now. If there were ...