"Well, you take a map, take a look at the map of the world, or take a look at a globe from looking from the North Pole down and you can see why Greenland is the opposite end of the bookend. The other end is Alaska. You look to the other side of the world and you've got Russia and all of their adventurism around the Arctic."
"This is critical. Greenland is critical to the national security of the United States. It's critical to European security. Europeans should be cheering that the U.S. wants to get involved there and provide that kind of protection, and of course, again, in interior, we manage all of our territories around the world, our affiliated states. I mean, we manage land from Guam to the U.S. Virgin Islands, over fourteen timezones."
U.S. acquisition of Greenland would bolster national and European security against Russian adventurism in the Arctic. Greenland's geographic position opposite Alaska makes control critical for Arctic monitoring, defense, and control of northern approaches. A price estimate of about $100,000 per resident, totaling roughly $5 billion for 50,000 residents, is cited as a potential offer. The United States already administers distant territories such as Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands across fourteen time zones, indicating capacity to assume responsibility for Greenland. Annexation is described as enhancing protection for European allies and as a win for democracies confronting geopolitical competition in the Arctic.
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