Fetterman believes US should buy Greenland

HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — Democratic Senator John Fetterman believes the U.S. should purchase Greenland.

He said in a social media post on Wednesday that the Danish territory has “massive strategic benefits” for the U.S.

“Ideally, we purchase it—similar to our purchases of Alaska or the Louisiana Purchase,” Fetterman wrote on X.

“Acquiring Greenland is a many decades-old conversation.”

It’s a discussion that has resurfaced as President Donald Trump suggests he could take over Greenland by force. He said on Sunday the U.S. needs the territory for national security reasons.

“It’s so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” Trump told reporters, although The National News Desk couldn’t confirm his claim.

“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it, I can tell you that.”

Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has resisted Trump’s rhetoric. He said in a statement on Tuesday that the territory isn’t one “you can take over because you want to.”

“I urge the United States to seek respectful dialogue through the correct diplomatic and political channels and utilizing pre-existing forums that are based on agreements already in place with the United States,” Nielsen said. “The dialogue must take place with respect to the fact that Greenland’s status is rooted in international law and the principle of territorial integrity.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that Trump prefers diplomacy over force, but she and other White House officials have noted that the president could use the military in Greenland if he wants to. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said in a CNN interview on Monday that “nobody’s gonna fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has pushed back on the Trump administration’s suggestions alongside other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, which the U.S. is a part of. Frederiksen said in a joint statement with the leaders of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain on Tuesday that Greenland “belongs to its people.”

“It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,” the leaders said.

They added that security in the arctic region has to be achieved collectively by the NATO allies and by upholding the United Nations’ principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the “inviolability” of borders.

“These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them,” the European leaders said.

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