Trump says the US needs to own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future https://t.co/RtezZgYNiL pic.twitter.com/4efluCClGx
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 10, 2026
The U.S. needs to own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
“We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not. Because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters at the White House while meeting with oil company executives.
Trump said the U.S. must acquire Greenland, even though it already has a military presence on the island under a 1951 agreement, because such deals are not enough to guarantee Greenland’s defense. The island of 57,000 people is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.