00:00We have to have it. They have to have this done. They can protect it. Denmark, they're wonderful
00:05people. And I know the leaders are very good people, but they don't even go there. And you
00:12know, because a boat went there 500 years ago and then left, that doesn't give you title to property.
00:30US President Donald Trump's bid to acquire Greenland is growing out of
00:59proportion each day. From failed Washington talks with Danish and Greenland officials last week
01:05to slapping tariffs on European allies for supporting Denmark over the US in order to
01:11protect Greenland. POTUS has been implying all possible means except troop mobilization to get
01:18hold of Denmark until now. But it seems like all hell is about to break loose as the US is set to
01:24deploy military aircraft to Greenland's Patufek Space Base as tensions rise between the United
01:31States, Denmark, and its European allies. Another Venezuela-like military intervention on the shore?
01:43North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on January 20th, announced that aircraft will soon
01:50operate from Patufek Space Base in Greenland as part of long-planned missions alongside flights
01:57from the US and Canada. The activities aim to support North American defense and build an ongoing
02:04cooperation with Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark. NORAD said the operations were coordinated with
02:11Denmark, included proper diplomatic clearances, and that Greenland's government has been informed.
02:16The command emphasized that such missions are routine. The announcement comes just after Denmark dispatched
02:23more than 100 combat soldiers to Greenland on January 19th.
02:32European pushback didn't do much for Trump. Rather, he is now even more determined to make
02:39Greenland a US territory. On January 20th, President Trump posted a photo with European leaders in the
02:46Oval Office on Truth Social. While it's not a big thing to have a meeting with the entire Europe in
02:52the Oval Office, the highlight was different in the image. The image showed a US map kept beside Trump
02:58that depicts Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as part of the United States. In a separate post,
03:06Trump appears alongside Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he hoists
03:12a US flag in Greenland, standing near a milepost that reads,
03:17Greenland US territory established 2026. After Venezuela, Greenland, and Canada are two goals on
03:26Trump's 2026 vision board. On January 20th, while heading to the White House, Trump reaffirmed his
03:33dream of getting a hold of the Arctic island and said, we have to have it.
03:38We have to have it. They have to have this done. They can protect it. Denmark, they're wonderful people.
03:46And I know the leaders are very good people, but they don't even go there. And you know, because a boat
03:52went there 500 years ago and then left, that doesn't give you title to property.
03:58Why are you upset about NATO allies thinking that, you know, more seriously in Greenland by holding
04:02military exercises? Well, that wasn't a military. They sent a few people. And they say they sent them
04:09not for me, but to guard against Russia. But you know, NATO has been warning Denmark for about 20
04:17years now, longer than that, 25 years. They've been warning Denmark about the Russian threat. And it's not
04:24only Russia, it's also China. So we'll see what happens. But let's put it this way. It's going to
04:30be a very interesting Davos. No, I don't care about the Nobel Prize. First of all, a very fine woman
04:37felt that I deserved it and really wanted me to have the Nobel Prize. And I appreciate that.
04:43If anybody thinks that Norway doesn't, doesn't control the Nobel Prize, they're just kidding.
04:50They have a board, but it's controlled by Norway. And I don't care what Norway says. I have a lot
04:55of messages for Davos. But the primary message is how well the United States is doing. And I say
05:01it all the time. A year and a half ago, we were a dead country. And now we have the hottest country
05:06in the world. I mean, you're beneficiaries, too. Championing Trump's decision to slap tariffs on
05:11other NATO allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said that it would be unwise for Europe to
05:18retaliate against Trump's tariffs and that they should take Trump's word as it is.
05:23Mr. Secretary Dan, nice to see you again. Thank you for coming. Jamie Associated Press.
05:27Could you tell us what kind of communications you've had with European Union officials sent
05:32your comments yesterday to U.S. media to avert a crisis and a new showdown and a souring
05:37relations between the United States and the European Union over Greenland?
05:40I've been traveling, so I haven't been in touch. But I spoke to President Trump. And evidently,
05:45there are a lot of inbounds. And I think everyone should take the President at his word.
05:50Does that mean to...
05:52Next, I'll take it right here. Laurent with AFP.
05:54The European Union... Well, two questions, if I could. Can you confirm that the President's
06:01letter to Norway and then the EU might be preparing retaliation to turn their measures over Greenland?
06:09Are you concerned about what that means?
06:11Yeah, I don't know anything about the President's letter to Norway. And I think it's a complete
06:16canard that the President will be doing this because of the Nobel Prize. The President is
06:21looking at Greenland as a strategic asset for the United States. We are not going to outsource
06:27our hemispheric security to anyone else. Retaliation by the Europeans? How concerned
06:33are you today, guys? How concerned are you about retaliation? Excuse me, about the Europeans,
06:37this question. I think it would be very unwise. So thank you.
06:42Great. Thanks, everybody.
06:47Denmark should watch its back, as reports surfaced that the U.S. informally sought information
06:53on Greenland's military sites, ports, and airbases without involving Copenhagen.
07:00Documents from Denmark's Defense Ministry, seen by Danish daily Berlingska, suggest U.S. officials
07:08contacted Danish military counterparts in Greenland outside normal diplomatic and defense channels.
07:15A U.S. military official is said to have repeatedly requested details about Greenland's infrastructure
07:20from Denmark's Arctic command, roughly every six days. It remains unclear whether any information
07:27was ultimately shared.
07:32President Trump's pressure tactics aren't working with Greenland and Denmark.
07:37Loud and clear in a statement, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Luka Rasmussen said that President
07:44Donald Trump won't achieve his Greenland aims by putting pressure on Europe.
07:49I also made it very clear that we are open for this kind of discussion. We are pragmatic,
07:55cold-blooded Scandinavian people with a warm heart. But it is not easy when we wake up every
08:01morning to new threats. Please convey that message to the president. And therefore, for a second,
08:06I thought, no, we have managed not to solve the problem, but to find a pathway forward. It was
08:11disrupted by the statement from the president. And that's a reality of life. And that's why it's so
08:17important that all our allies in the NATO alliance and the European Union stand up for these principles
08:24to show the American president. You have a desire, you have a vision, you have a request,
08:30but you will never be able to achieve that by putting pressure on us. That signal is of crucial
08:39importance in order to, I would say, to push the Americans back into the meeting room as we agreed last week.
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