By Molly Goddard
7:00am PDT, May 5, 2025
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Donald Trump is continuing to hint at annexing Greenland.
During a Sunday, April 4, interview with NBC's
Meet the Press, the president admitted he would not rule out using military force to acquire the region despite their leaders and residents making it clear they don't want to become a part of the United States.
Keep reading to hear what Trump said about wanting to take the small territory…
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During Donald Trump's sit-down with
Kristen Welker, the journalist pressed him on whether or not he would use military force to annex Greenland or Canada.
"You and I talked and I asked you if you would rule out military force to take Greenland. And you said, no, you don't rule out anything," Welker said before asking, "Would you rule out military force to take Canada?"
"Well, I think we're not going to ever get to that point. It could happen. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest, we need that for national and international security," the Republican leader explained.
"But not with Canada?" the reporter questioned.
"It's highly unlikely. I don't see it with Canada. I just don't see it, I have to be honest with you," he clarified.
"Okay, but you don't rule it out for Greenland?" Welker asked.
"I don't rule it out," Trump stated. "I don't say I'm going to do it, but I don't rule out anything. No, not there. 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."
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Elsewhere in the interview, Donald Trump got candid about the United States' economic relationship with Canada.
"We subsidize
Canada to the tune of $200 billion a year," the businessman explained. "We don't need their cars. In fact, we don't want their cars. We don't need their energy. We don't even want their energy. We have more than they do. We don't want their lumber. We have great lumber."
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During an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General
Mark Rutte in March, Donald Trump was explicitly clear about why he wanted to acquire Greenland.
"We really need it for national security. I think that is why NATO might have to get involved anyway," he claimed.
Despite the commander-in-chief's insistence on the matter, Rutte stated that NATO would not take part in the conversation regarding Greenland's territorial status.
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Greenland's prime minister
Jens-Frederik Nielsen refuted the idea of the region becoming a part of the United States.
"We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future," he made clear during a March interview about Donald Trump's proposal.
