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Donald Trump has said that the US would take Greenland “one way or the other,” warning that Russia and China would “take over” if Washington did not act. Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One that controlling the Danish territory is crucial for US national security given increased Russian and Chinese military activity in the Arctic. “If we don’t take Greenland, Russia or China will, and I’m not letting that happen,” he said, despite neither country laying claim to the island. Mr Trump said he

President Donald Trump has reasserted that the United States needs Greenland for its national security. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington, Mr Trump said: “We need Greenland from a national security situation. It’s so strategic.” These latest comments come after the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said it was “absolutely absurd” that the US should take control of Greenland, and that it should stop “threatening its historical ally”. Greenland is an aut