President Donald Trump stated throughout his handle to a joint session of Congress that the US helps Greenland’s proper to find out its personal future however would “welcome” the nation into the U.S. for nationwide safety — and to make them wealthy, he claims.
“I think we’re going to get it,” he said of Greenland. “One way or another, we’re going to get it.”
The latter a part of the assertion elicited applause and laughter from Republicans.
Since his first time period in workplace, Trump has expressed curiosity in buying Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally and a founding member of NATO. It’s also dwelling to a big U.S. navy base.
Trump additionally saved up his calls to regain management of the Panama Canal.
“We didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama. We’re taking it back,” Trump stated of the Panama Canal.
