President Donald Trump on Friday ramped up his rhetoric on Greenland, saying the U.S. will take action to acquire the longtime ally.
“We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
The remarks come days after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump could use the military to “pursue this important foreign policy goal.” That came on the heels of major European allies issuing in a joint statement saying they would “not stop defending” the values of sovereignty and Greenland’s territorial integrity.
Greenland is a semi-autonomous Danish territory that’s strategically important militarily and contains vast mineral wealth. The U.S. already has a military base on the island, and officials there have said they’d accept an expanded military presence.
Asked by a reporter Friday why he hasn’t accepted that offer, Trump said, “When we own it, we defend it. You don’t defend leases the same way. You have to own it.”
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