"You don't get there by angering and denigrating the people who live there and saying, We're going to march the Marines in and take if you don't sell it to us. It doesn't make them very willing to sell to us. So really, if your goal is somehow we're going to rattle the saber and then they're going to sell it to us, I think it's having the opposite effect."
"President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it's vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region, the White House said in its statement. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander-in-chief's disposal."
Sen. Rand Paul warned that angering Greenlanders and threatening military intervention would undermine any U.S. effort to acquire Greenland. He said rhetoric about marching Marines into Greenland would make Greenlanders unwilling to sell. Paul also said a military invasion is unlikely and that few in Washington on either side of the aisle support such action. The White House told Reuters it was keeping all options open to acquire Greenland from Denmark, including military intervention. The White House framed acquiring Greenland as a national security priority and confirmed the U.S. military remains an available option. Paul expressed disapproval of that stance.
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