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Mike Johnson: “Greenland is viewed by a lot of people as something that…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Mike Johnson sidesteps questions about White House threats to take over Greenland

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

Well, I'm going to go by what the president says, and it didn't come up in his meeting with us today, and he and I haven't had a discussion about it. So I don't know. I think Greenland is viewed by a lot of people as something that would be a strategic positioning for the US. I don't know how it develops from there. It's not on my things to do list, but we'll have to see how that goes. Did Secretary Rubio say that he was trying to buy Greenland? (00:28–00:36)

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Asserts that Greenland is considered strategically important by many people.

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