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Donald Trump (0:26)
Daily Brief International we have a lot of our favorite players cruising around the coast and we have to be careful. And we'll be talking to you. It's a very appropriate, really a very appropriate question.
Mark Milley (0:41)
So the Arctic. So what you did. So when it comes to Greenland. Yes. Or not joining the U.S. i would leave that outside for me, this discussion because I don't want to direct NATO in that. But when it comes to the high north and the Arctic, you are totally right. The Chinese are now using these routes. We know that the Russians are rearming. We know we have a lack of icebreakers. So the fact that the seven outside of Russia, there are seven Arctic countries working together on this under US Leadership, it's very important to make sure that that region, that that part of the world stays safe. And we know things are changing there and we have to be there.
Pete Buttigieg (1:15)
Well, we just had an election there the other day. Do you see a referendum, a plebiscite, where the people of Greenland would be in a position to decide if they want to become part of the United States?
Donald Trump (1:29)
Yeah, it was a good election for us. As you know. It was not a referendum. It wouldn't be. It was an individual election. But the person that did the best is a very good person as far as we're concerned. And so we'll be talking about it. And it's very important. Mark mentioned the word icebreaker. So we've ordered, we're in the process of ordering 48 icebreakers and Canada wants to know if they could use them. I said, well, you know, you got to pay for them. Think of it. Canada, we pay for their military. You know, Canada pays very little for their military because they think we're going to protect them. But even with the icebreakers, so we're going to order 48, and Canada wants to be part of the deal. I say you got to get your own icebreakers. And if you're a state, you can be part of the deal. But if you're a separate country, You've got to get your own icebreakers. Russia, as you know, has about 40 of them, and we have one big icebreaker. But that whole area is becoming very important and for a lot of reasons. The routes are, you know, very direct to Asia, to Russia, and you have ships all over the place, and we have to have protection. So we're going to have to make a deal on that. And Denmark is not able to do that. You know, Denmark is very far away and really has nothing to do what happens. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something, and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I'm not. I don't think it is, actually. But we've been dealing with Denmark, we've been dealing with Greenland, and we have to do it. We really need it for national security. I think that's why NATO might be have to get involved in a way, because we really need Greenland for national security. It's very important. You know, we have a couple of bases on Greenland already, and we have quite a few soldiers. And maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there. I don't know. What do you think about that, Pete? So don't answer that, Pete. Don't answer that question. But we have bases, we have quite a few soldiers on Greenland.
