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...important topic. The Premier of Greenland

and the Premier of Denmark and other Danish

officials... ...are responding to a Twitter

post from your wife, Katie Miller, herself a

former Trump White House official,... ...showing

Greenland covered with an American flag, saying

"Soon," after that was posted,... ...President

Trump repeated the claim that the US needs Greenland

for national security reasons. The Danish Prime

Minister responded to this in an interview earlier

today as reported by Bloomberg, quote: "I believe

one should take the American President seriously

when he says it once, Greenland," "but I will

also make it clear that if the US chooses to

attack another NATO country militarily," "then

everything stops, including NATO, and thus the

security that has been established since the

end of the Second World War." Can you rule out

that the US is ever going to try to take Greenland

by force?

Well, let me... let me go back a step. The President

has been clear for months now. So I know you're

treating this as breaking news. The President

has been clear for months now... ...that the

United States should be the nation that has

Greenland as part of our overall security apparatus.

- The United States... - Right, but your wife

posted that like hours after the Venezuela operation.

That's why it's newly relevant. No, no. And

I'll talk with you about it for an hour. I think

it's a really important conversation to have.

I just wanted to reset, Jake, by making clear

that it has been the formal position of the

US government... ...since the beginning of this

administration, frankly going back into the

previous Trump administration,... ...that Greenland

should be part of the United States. The President

has been very clear about that. That is the

formal position of the US government. Right,

but can you say that military action against

Greenland is off the table?

Well, it wouldn't be military action against

Greenland. Greenland has a population of 50,000

people, Jake. The real question is, by what

right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?

What is the basis of their territorial claim?

What is their basis of having Greenland as a

colony of Denmark?

The United States is the power of NATO. For

the United States to secure the Arctic region,

to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests,

obviously Greenland should be part of the United

States. And so that's a conversation that we're

going to have as a country, that's a process

we're going to have as a community of nations.

So I'm not going to... So you can't take it

off the table that the US would use military

force to seize Greenland?

You can't take it off the table?

I understand, Jake. I understand you're trying

very hard to... which again, is your job, I

respect it, it's great... ...to get exactly

the headline, right, that catchy headline that

says... - Just trying to get an answer to the

question. - ...that says Miller refuses to rule

out... The United States should have Greenland

as part of the United States. There's no need

to even think or talk about this in the context

that you're asking of a military operation.

Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily

over the future of Greenland. So the question

doesn't make any sense. One last question, Stephen.

One last question...