Trump says the US 'has to have' Greenland

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (December 22) said the United States needs to have Greenland, not for critical minerals but for national security. - REUTERS

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00:00Thank you, sir. You've named Governor Landry to be new special envoy to Greenland.

00:03How do you, what do you see that role entailing?

00:05And is it still your intention that Greenland become part of the U.S.?

00:08Well, he called me and, you know, he viewed Louisiana, the Louisiana Purchase.

00:11He said, I'm governor of Louisiana.

00:13And he said, I would love, I didn't call him, he called me.

00:15He's very proactive.

00:18He's a great guy. He's a deal guy.

00:20He's a deal banker type guy.

00:23And we need it for national protection.

00:25We need Greenland for national protection.

00:27They have a very small population.

00:30And I don't know, they say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money.

00:33They have no military protection.

00:36If they say that Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat,

00:39well, we were there with boats too, I'm sure.

00:42So we'll have to work it all out.

00:45But he felt very strongly, we need it for national security.

00:49We need Greenland for national security.

00:52Not for minerals.

00:53We have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything.

00:56We have more oil than any other country in the world.

00:58We need Greenland for national security.

01:01And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast,

01:04you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.

01:07We need it for national security.

01:09We have to have it.

01:10And he wanted to lead the charge.

01:12So we're making him, Marco, today a special envoy to Greenland.

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