Vance discusses possible US takeover of Greenland

Trump has really been pushing the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland.

Now, there has been nothing in terms of Greenland wanting to be acquired by the US, and Denmark, which more or less controls Greenland, is not budging on giving up the territory.

Even so, while waffling a bit, JD Vance still believes it could happen.

Realistically…

If I was a betting man, I would place this at about a 10% chance of this happening, probably less, if I am being honest.

When Vance was asked directly if he thinks Trump will be able to acquire Greenland, he responded, “I think it is possible, Maria. So here’s the thing that I think a lot of folks don’t appreciate about Greenland: it’s really important to our national security.

“There are sea lanes there that the Chinese use, that the Russians use, that frankly Denmark, which controls Greenland, it’s not doing its job and it’s not being a good ally.

“So you have to ask yourself, how are we going to solve that problem, solve our own national security?

“If that means that we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do because he doesn’t care about what the Europeans scream at us. He cares about putting the interests of America’s citizens first.”

Vance continued that there are about 55,000 people who live there, “who are not actually happy with the Danish government.”

That is far from true. There are clearly people who would love for the United States to jump in here, but there appear to be just as many who are quite fine with the way things are right now.

Vance is right about the resources and sea lanes, but deals can be worked out without absorbing a nation that is getting stacks of cash from Denmark every year.

It may not be the most popular opinion, but I am just not buying into the idea that we need to make Greenland part of the United States right now.