President Trump on Tuesday said he’d welcome the people of Greenland to join the U.S. as he stressed that “I think we’re going to get” the self-governed Arctic territory within Denmark.

"I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America," Trump told a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill toward the end of his address.

"We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we're working with everybody involved to try and get it. But we need it really........

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