President Donald Trump said Friday he believes Greenland will fall under U.S. control before the end of his presidency, renewing his push to expand American influence over the strategically located Arctic territory during an interview with a conservative broadcaster.
Trump made the comments during a call-in interview on Real America’s Voice after host Steve Gruber raised the president’s longstanding interest in Greenland and suggested that the island could come under U.S. operational control before Trump leaves office.
Gruber told the president he had made that prediction on his program and argued Greenland remains vital to the defense of the Western Hemisphere.
“Here’s another question. You’re also still looking at Greenland,” Gruber said. “I made a prediction on this program that before you left office that Greenland would be under our operational control. It’s still incredibly important to defending the Western Hemisphere, isn’t it?”
Trump responded with confidence, indicating he believed the prediction would prove correct.
“Yeah, you’ll be right if you took that. Yeah, you’ll be right,” Trump said. “No, we want to do something very important. Greenland’s important, you know, from our standpoint, not from their standpoint, but from our standpoint. You should make that bet actually.”
After Gruber replied that he had already made the bet and considered Greenland critically important, Trump answered simply, “Good.”
The exchange underscores that Trump continues to pursue one of the most closely watched foreign policy goals of his administration: expanding American influence over Greenland. The self-governing territory is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and has repeatedly rejected suggestions that it could become part of the United States.
Throughout his second term, Trump has maintained that Greenland holds major strategic value for the United States, particularly as geopolitical competition intensifies in the Arctic. He has argued that American control of the territory is necessary for national security, pointing to its location amid increasing competition involving Russia and China.
The president has repeatedly framed Greenland as a critical asset from the perspective of U.S. security interests, arguing that its importance extends beyond the island itself.
Trump made similar remarks during a NATO summit in early July, where he again emphasized Greenland’s significance to American interests while downplaying its importance to Denmark.
“We need it for protection of the world, not just the United States,” Trump said during the summit, adding that the territory was “not important to Denmark.”
The comments marked another public reaffirmation of the administration’s position that Greenland occupies a key place in its broader national security strategy.
Earlier in his second term, Trump also declined to rule out the possibility of using military force to obtain what he described as America’s “right, title and ownership” of the island. However, he has since stated that military options are no longer being considered.
Friday’s interview offered the latest indication that Trump remains committed to the objective of bringing Greenland under U.S. control, with the president expressing confidence that such a move could take place before the conclusion of his current term in office.
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