By Liz Friden , Jennifer Griffin | Fox News
As Donald Trump Jr. made a surprise visit to Greenland this week, President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric is getting more serious about buying Denmark’s Arctic territory.
The president-elect did not rule out using military coercion to gain control of Greenland in a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two,” Trump said, when asked if he would rule out using military or economic coercion to gain control of Greenland. “We need it for national security. That’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world,” he continued.
Meanwhile, Denmark’s leaders remain adamant the Arctic territory is not for sale. “We have a clear interest in that it is the U.S. that plays a large role and not Russia or other countries. But Greenland is for the Greenlandic people,” Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters on Tuesday.