WASHINGTON, January 10. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said the United States wants to have Greenland and will get control over it in this or that form.
At a meeting with oil industry executives, Trump was asked about the costs of making Greenland a part of the United States.
"I'm not talking about money for Greenland. Yet, I might talk about that, but right now, we are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don't do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor," Trump replied.
"I would like to make a deal of, you know, the easy way, but if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way," the US leader added.
When asked to explain why he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States if Washington has the opportunity to take practically all military actions on the island and in surrounding waters, Trump replied: "Because when we own it, we defend it. You don't defend leases the same way, you have to own it."
