John Fetterman Says He’s Open To US Buying Greenland, But Not Sending Troops There

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said on Wednesday that he is open to a U.S. purchase of Greenland given its strategic value and natural resources.

Fetterman described the necessity of having a “strong connection” with the island-nation, and suggested a purchase of the territory as a means to secure strategic military assets including rare earth minerals. Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, has sprung to the forefront of the conversation of American dominance in the Western Hemisphere after President Donald Trump called the island a necessity for national security.

“Ideally we could purchase . And that’s not scandalous either,” Fetterman told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. “That’s been an idea in our history for a while. Ideally, we could purchase it. But certainly, I don’t ever support invading Greenland in the traditional sense … if they don’t sell it, we need to have a strong relationship, absolutely.”

“What is Greenland?” Fetterman asked. “It’s three times the size of Texas, and it has fewer people living there than Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I mean, this isn’t like a nation in a traditional kind of sense.”

“ has absolutely important, a very important strategic, and also rare minerals too,” Fetterman said. “I don’t support a full-on invasion and taking over, but you can’t even invade—I mean, it’s 50,000 rounding people in a gigantic island. I mean, they don’t even have a military.”

“The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” the White House said Tuesday, as reported by Reuters.

“We need Greenland, from a national security situation,” Trump