Trump Won't Rule Out Using Force To Take Greenland

US President Donald Trump delivers commencement remarks at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on May 1, 2025. US President Donald Trump implied he might try to take Greenland by force while discussing his repeated calls for the US to acquire the territory, which have sparked widespread concern and criticism from the island itself. In an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, anchor Kristen Welker asked whether Trump could definitively say the US won’t use force against the territory. “I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there,” Trump said. “We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security.” Also in the interview, Welker asked Trump if he would “rule out” the once-inconceivable prospect of using military force against Canada amid the politician’s ongoing comments about annexing the neighbouring country as the 51st state. “Well, I think we’re not gonna ever get to that point. It could happen. Something could happen with Greenland,” he said. “I’ll be honest, we need that for national and international security.” “But not with Canada?” Walker questioned. “I don’t see it with Canada. I just don’t see it, I have to be honest with you,” Trump said.Back in December, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that it’s “an absolute necessity” for the United States to gain “ownership and control of Greenland.” After Trump yet again repeated his desire for the territory in his speech to a joint session of Congress in March, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede wrote on Facebook: “We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken.”Watch Trump’s appearance on Meet the Press below. Related...Elon Musk Says He And Trump Are On The Same Page ‘80% Of The Time’Trump Shares WTF Image Of Himself As The Pope: 'Every Day Is More Absurd Than The Last'The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor

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