US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that President Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland in order to keep the US from getting “dragged” into an “attack” on the territory from Russia.

During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” on Sunday, moderator Kristen Welker questioned Bessent over why Trump is still seeking to seize Greenland despite the fact that the “leaders of Denmark and Greenland [have said] bluntly, ‘Greenland is not for sale.’”

Welker asked the question after noting that Trump said he will punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland.

“Kristen, if we look for years, for over a century, American presidents have wanted to acquire Greenland,” he responded. “And what we can see is that Greenland is essential to the US national security. We’re building the golden dome, the missile system.”

Claiming that Trump is “being strategic” and is “looking beyond next year to what could happen for a battle in the Arctic,” he continued, “We are not going to outsource our national security. We are not going to outsource our hemispheric security to other countries.”

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