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Scott Bessent: “The US has been trying to acquire Greenland for 150, 160…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:55

I think it's a complete canard and like there's any kind of equivalence with, with the Nobel Prize. This has been on the President's mind since his first term. It's been on the presidential mind for 150, 160 years. The US has been trying to acquire Greenland for 150, 160 years. This is not something new, Joe. And things like this happen all the time. It's happening right now with Diego Garcia and Mauritius and the UK Things territories change. (01:55–01:59)

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