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“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
— American President Donald Trump, 12/22/24, Twitter

“I think Greenland will be worked out with us. I think we’re going to have it. And I think the people want to be with us… I don’t know really what claim Denmark has to it. But it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn’t allow that to happen because it’s for protection of the free world. It’s not for us, it’s for the free world.”
— American President Donald Trump, 1/25/25, NPR

“Well, we need Greenland for national security purposes. I’ve been told that for a long time, long before I even ran. I mean, people have been talking about it for a long time. You have approximately 45,000 people there. People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security.
That’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world. You look at — you don’t even need binoculars, you look outside, you have China ships all over the place. You have Russian ships all over the place. We’re not letting that happen. We’re not letting it happen. And if Denmark wants to get to a conclusion — but nobody knows if they even have any right title or interest.”
— American President Donald Trump, 1/7/25, AP

“So the question becomes, if the Chinese begin to threaten Greenland, do we really trust that that is not a place where those deals are going to be made? Do we really trust that that is not a place where they would not intervene, maybe by force?”
“So those conversations are going to happen, but this is not a joke.  Like, what he is saying is pretty – I mean, people have been talking about it for years.  We do have – this is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land.  This is in our national interests, and it needs to be solved.”
— American Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 1/30/25, The Megyn Kelly Show

“So here’s the thing I think a lot of folks don’t appreciate about Greenland: it’s really important to our national security. There are sea lanes there that the Chinese use, that the Russians use that, frankly, Denmark – which controls Greenland – it’s not doing its job and being a good ally. So you have to ask yourself, how are we going to solve that problem, solve our own national security? If that means that we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do because he doesn’t care about what the Europeans scream at us, he cares about putting the interests of America’s citizens first.
There’s another angle to this whole Greenland thing, Maria, that people don’t realize. You’ve got probably 55,000 people living on Greenland who are not actually happy with Danish government.”
— American Vice President J.D. Vance, 2/2/25, Fox via Mediaite