President Trump declared during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, that force will not be used to acquire Greenland.
“All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland,” he said. “Where we’ve already had it as a trustee, but respectfully returned it back to Denmark not long ago after we defeated the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians and others in World War II, we gave it back to them.”
“We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won’t do that,” Trump added. “Okay, now everyone say, ‘oh good.’ That’s probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. I don’t have to use force. I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force.”
President Trump further declared that the United States is the only nation in the “position to be able to secure Greenland.”
The possible U.S. acquisition of Greenland “would not be a threat to NATO,” he said, but would “greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance. The NATO alliance. The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO. I want to tell you that. And when you think about it, nobody can dispute it. We give so much, and we get so little in return. And I’ve been a critic of NATO for many years, and yet I’ve done more to help NATO than any other president by far, than any other person. You wouldn’t have NATO if I didn’t get involved.”
