President Donald Trump would make the decision of Greenland’s future without consulting Europe, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
Trump has been discussing for months the possibility of the US acquiring the Danish territory, which is currently an autonomous island.
It has been reportedly that the Danish currently have no interest in selling the mineral-rich islands.
Trump has said that China and Russia pose a danger to US interests, making Greenland strategically significant for control of the arctic.
Additionally, he hinted that the Danish might not have a choice in the surrender of its largest region.
In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo asked Vance if he anticipated acquiring the large region in the upcoming four years.
“Do you expect the US to acquire Greenland?” Bartiromo asked Vance.
“I think it’s possible, Maria. 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.” Vance said.
“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.” he added.
“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. They’ve got great natural resources there, they’ve got an incredibly bountiful country that the Danes aren’t letting them develop and explore. Of course, Donald Trump would take a different approach if he was the leader of Greenland.” Vance concluded.
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