I mean, literally, I think it was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of Alaska, who first suggested that the United States also purchase Greenland. I traveled to the region in 2019, visited Iceland to literally make the case of our national security interest as China and Russia continue to intrude farther and farther into the Arctic. So what the President is trying to do here, I think is absolutely in the interest of the United States of America. (09:21–09:37)
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Asserts that he traveled to Iceland in 2019 to discuss national security interests due to China and Russia's Arctic activities.
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