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Ted Cruz: “There are enormous national security and economic reasons…”

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Ted Cruz Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland.

Published | Video Starts at 37:15

And I think there are. You know, Trump mentioned this in the first term, and a lot of people dismissed it. Oh, this is just Trump talking wacky. Yeah. But I think There are enormous national security and economic reasons why acquiring Greenland makes a ton of sense. And you look at Greenland's location on the Arctic, it has incredibly prime location on the Arctic from a national security perspective. God forbid we ever get in a shooting war with China or with Russia. (37:15–37:23)

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Asserts that acquiring Greenland has significant national security and economic benefits.

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