James Lankford: “There's only about 56,000 people that live in the entire…”

“And I know there's a lot that's spinning out there saying that the President wants to go take over Greenland. The President's been pretty clear. He wants a very close cooperation and would not mind buying Greenland. There's only about 56,000 people that live in the entire country of Greenland. So just think about that. Not 56 million, 56,000 people in the entire giant country of Greenland. And it's just a very, very sparsely populated area. But it connects to the Arctic.” (08:02–08:08)

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