Trump on using military force says "I don't see it with Canada"

Greenlanders respond to Trump: "It volition ne'er beryllium for sale"

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President Trump said helium would speech to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney astir making Canada the 51st state. But the president said helium didn't expect it to get to the constituent of utilizing subject unit — though helium wouldn't perpetrate to the aforesaid for Greenland. 

"Something could hap with Greenland, I'll beryllium honest," Trump said successful an interrogation with NBC News' "Meet the Press" that aired connected Sunday.  He said that "we request that for nationalist and planetary security," but helium added "I don't spot it with Canada. I conscionable don't spot it."

Mr. Trump has repeatedly vowed to secure U.S. power of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, portion besides threatening to marque Canada the 51st state. And past week, the president's territorial threats against Canada, coupled with his tariffs, appeared to play a portion successful a large governmental turnaround for Canada's Liberal Party successful the national elections.

The president spoke with Carney pursuing his victory, but the men said they didn't speech astir making Canada the 51st state. Still, erstwhile asked whether helium would bash truthful erstwhile the leaders adjacent speak, Mr. Trump said "I'll ever speech astir that."

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One connected the South Lawn connected May 1, 2025 successful Washington, D.C.  Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Mr. Trump outlined his reasoning, claiming "we subsidize Canada to the tune of $200 cardinal a year" and arguing that "we don't request thing that they have." He said "if Canada was a state, it wouldn't outgo us."

The president said it would beryllium a "cherished state," portion urging that North America would beryllium "beautiful" without the U.S.-Canadian borderline moving done it. 

"When I look down astatine that, without that artificial enactment that was drawn with a ruler galore years agone — it was conscionable an artificial line, it goes consecutive crossed — you don't adjacent recognize what a beauteous state it would be," Mr. Trump said. "It would beryllium great."

As for Greenland, the president said erstwhile asked to clarify whether helium would regularisation retired utilizing subject unit connected the territory that "I don't regularisation it out, I don't accidental I'm going to bash it, but I don't regularisation retired anything, nary — not there."

"We request Greenland precise badly," helium added. "Greenland is simply a precise tiny magnitude of radical we'll instrumentality attraction of, and we'll cherish them and each of that, but we request that for planetary security."

Located betwixt the U.S., Russia and Europe, Greenland is viewed arsenic a strategical presumption for some economical and defence purposes, with melting oversea crystal opening up caller shipping routes done the Arctic. Greenland's premier curate has pushed backmost sharply against Mr. Trump's threats, saying successful March that "we are not for merchantability and cannot simply beryllium taken."

In the wide-ranging hourlong interrogation with "Meet the Press," Mr. Trump waffled connected whether the thinks helium needs to "uphold the Constitution."

"I don't know. I person to respond by saying again, I person superb lawyers that enactment for me, and they are going to evidently travel what Supreme Court said," Mr. Trump said regarding owed process for immigrants sent to a situation successful El Salvador.