"President wants to acquire Greenland for our best national security": White House

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump wants the United States to acquire Greenland, calling it important to national security. Denmark and Greenland rejected any prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland, while announcing a high-level working group with Washington to address American security concerns in the Arctic. After talks with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Trump had expressed a wish to "conquer" Greenland and that the meeting may have shifted the U.S. stance. Greenland's Vivian Motzfeldt emphasized alliance, not ownership.