Former Trump National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said over the weekend that Denmark either must starting defending Greenland, pay the U.S. to do it, or the U.S. will purchase the world’s largest island.
O’Brien made the remarks during a Sunday interview on Fox News when asked about recent remarks from President-elect Donald Trump on the matter.
“Greenland is a highway from the Arctic all the way to North America, to the United States,” O’Brien said. “It’s strategically very important to the Arctic, which is going to be the critical battleground of the future, because as the climate gets warmer, the Arctic is going to be a pathway that maybe cuts down the on the usage of the Panama Canal, and the Russians and Chinese are all over the Arctic.”
“Now the Kingdom of Denmark owns Greenland, and they’ve got an obligation to defend Greenland,” he said. “And so…
