“Only America Can Protect It”: Trump at WEF 2026 Says U.S. Must Buy Greenland Now

Addressing world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, U.S. President Donald Trump reignited debate over Greenland, saying American presidents have sought to purchase the territory for nearly two centuries. Trump argued the United States is the only country capable of protecting and developing Greenland, calling for immediate negotiations while stressing security concerns for Europe and global stability.
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00:00They put up a couple of big wind farms, but they don't use them.

00:04They just put them up to show people what they could look like.

00:08They don't spin. They don't do anything.

00:10They use a thing called coal, mostly.

00:13But China goes with the coal. They go with oil and gas.

00:19They're starting to look at nuclear a little bit.

00:22And they're doing just fine.

00:24They make a fortune selling the windmills, though.

00:26And I think, really, that's one that they wouldn't be surprised if it stopped.

00:31They are shocked that it continues to go.

00:34They're very friendly with me.

00:36They're shocked that people continue to buy those damn things.

00:39They killed the birds. They ruined your landscapes.

00:42Other than that, I think they're fabulous, by the way.

00:45Stupid people buy them.

00:47The consequences of such destructive policies have been stark,

00:51including lower economic growth, lower standards of living, lower birth rates,

00:55more socially disruptive migration,

00:59more vulnerability to hostile foreign adversaries,

01:03and much, much smaller militaries.

01:07The United States cares greatly about the people of Europe.

01:11We really do.

01:12I mean, look, I am derived from Europe.

01:15Scotland and Germany, 100% Scotland, my mother, 100% German, my father.

01:25And we believe deeply in the bonds we share with Europe as a civilization.

01:31I want to see it do great.

01:33That's why issues like energy trade, immigration, and economic growth

01:37must be central concerns to anyone who wants to see a strong and united West

01:43because Europe and those countries have to do their thing.

01:47They have to get out of the culture that they've created over the last 10 years.

01:52It's horrible what they're doing to themselves.

01:54They're destroying themselves.

01:55It's beautiful, beautiful places.

01:57We want strong allies, not seriously weakened ones.

02:01We want Europe to be strong.

02:04Ultimately, these are matters of national security,

02:07and perhaps no current issue makes the situation more clear

02:15than what's currently going on with Greenland.

02:20Would you like me to say a few words of Greenland?

02:23I was going to leave it out of the speech,

02:26but I thought I think I would have been reviewed very negatively.

02:32I have tremendous respect for both the people of Greenland

02:36and the people of Denmark, tremendous respect.

02:40But every NATO ally has an obligation to be able to defend their own territory,

02:45and the fact is no nation or group of nations is in any position

02:49to be able to secure Greenland other than the United States.

02:55We're a great power, much greater than people even understand.

02:58I think they found that out two weeks ago in Venezuela.

03:03We saw this in World War II when Denmark fell to Germany

03:08after just six hours of fighting

03:11and was totally unable to defend either itself or Greenland.

03:15So the United States was then compelled.

03:19We did it.

03:20We felt an obligation to do it,

03:21to send our own forces to hold the Greenland territory.

03:26And hold it, we did, at great cost and expense.

03:30They didn't have a chance of getting on it, and they tried.

03:35Denmark knows that.

03:37We literally set up bases on Greenland for Denmark.

03:41Denmark, we fought for Denmark.

03:43We weren't fighting for anyone else.

03:45We were fighting to save it for Denmark.

03:49Big, beautiful piece of ice.

03:51It's hard to call it land.

03:52It's a big piece of ice.

03:55But we saved Greenland

03:56and successfully prevented our enemies

03:59from gaining a foothold in our hemisphere.

04:03So we did it for ourselves also.

04:05And then after the war, which we won,

04:08we won it big without us.

04:11Right now, you'd all be speaking German

04:13and a little Japanese, perhaps.

04:17After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark.

04:22How stupid were we to do that?

04:25But we did it.

04:27But we gave it back.

04:29But how ungrateful are they now?

04:31So now our country and the world

04:35face much greater risks than it did ever before

04:38because of missiles, because of nuclear,

04:42because of weapons of warfare

04:44that I can't even talk about.

04:46Two weeks ago, they saw weapons

04:48that nobody ever heard of.

04:50They weren't able to fire one shot at us.

04:52They said, what happened?

04:53Everything was discombobulated.

04:55They said, we've got them in our sights.

04:58Press the trigger.

04:59And nothing happened.

04:59No anti-aircraft missiles went up.

05:05There was one that went up about 30 feet

05:08and crashed down right next to the people

05:10that sent it.

05:10They said, what the hell is going on?

05:14Those defensive systems were made by Russia

05:18and by China.

05:20So they're going to go back

05:21to the drawing boards, I guess.

05:23Greenland is a vast, almost entirely

05:26uninhabited and undeveloped territory.

05:29Sitting undefended in a key strategic location

05:35between the United States, Russia, and China.

05:37That's exactly where it is, right smack in the middle.

05:41Wasn't important, nearly, when we gave it back.

05:44You know, when we gave it back,

05:46it wasn't the same as it is now.

05:47It's not important for any other reason.

05:49You know, everyone talks about the minerals.

05:51There's so many places.

05:52There's no rare earth.

05:54No such thing as rare earth.

05:56There's rare processing.

05:58But there's so much rare earth.

06:01And this, to get to this rare earth,

06:03you've got to go through hundreds of feet of ice.

06:07That's not the reason we need it.

06:09We need it for strategic national security

06:13and international security.

06:16This enormous, unsecured island

06:18is actually part of North America

06:20on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere.

06:24That's our territory.

06:25It is therefore a core national security interest

06:29of the United States of America.

06:31And in fact, it's been our policy for hundreds of years

06:35to prevent outside threats from entering our hemisphere.

06:39And we've done it very successfully.

06:41We've never been stronger than we are now.

06:43That's why American presidents have sought to purchase Greenland

06:47for nearly two centuries.

06:50You know, for two centuries, they've been trying to do it.

06:52They should have kept it after World War II,

06:55but they had a different president.

06:57That's all right.

06:58People think differently.

07:00Much more necessary now than it was at that time, however.

07:04In 2019, Denmark said that they would spend

07:07over $200 million to strengthen Greenland's defenses.

07:12But as you know, they spent less than 1% of that amount.

07:161%.

07:16There's no sign of Denmark there.

07:19And I say that with great respect for Denmark,

07:21whose people I love, whose leaders are very good.

07:26It's the United States alone that can protect this giant mass of land,

07:31this giant piece of ice, develop it and improve it,

07:35and make it so that it's good for Europe,

07:37and safe for Europe, and good for us.

07:40And that's the reason I'm seeking immediate negotiations

07:43to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States,

07:47just as we have acquired many other territories throughout our history,

07:52as many of the European nations have.

07:54They've acquired.

07:55There's nothing wrong with it.

07:57Many of them.

07:58Some went in reverse, actually, if you look.

08:00Some had great, vast wealth,

08:03great, vast lands all over the world.

08:06They went in reverse.

08:07They're stuck back where they started.

08:09That happens, too.

08:11But some grow.

08:13But this would not be a threat to NATO.

08:16This would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance,

08:21the NATO alliance.

08:22The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO.

08:26I want to tell you that when you think about it,

08:30nobody can dispute it.

08:31We give so much, and we get so little in return.

08:36And I've been a critic of NATO for many years.

08:39And yet I've done more to help NATO than any other president by far,

08:43than any other person.

08:44You wouldn't have NATO.

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