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Mike Johnson: “We're not at war with Greenland. We have no intention of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 46:18

… need authorization, and also would Congress need authorization for control, need to have power of the purse for control. Of oil in Venezuela? Okay, let me address them in turn. We're not at war with Greenland. We have no intention of being at war. No reason to be at war with Greenland. Okay? Everybody knows there's geopolitical and strategic importance of that landmass, and that's what everyone has talked about, by the way, this is not just President Trump. (46:18–46:23)

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Asserts that the US is not at war with Greenland and has no intention or reason to be.

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