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JUST IN: President Trump Tells NATO Secretary General To His Face That The US Needs Greenland

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In a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Trump was asked about trying to admit Greenland into the United States.

NATO Chief responds: « Don’t drag NATO into it ! »

U.S. President Donald Trump met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office. The pair discussed Greenland, with Trump again advocating U.S. annexation for security reasons. « I think it will happen, » Trump said. « I’m sitting with a man that can be very instrumental, » he added, pointing to Rutte with his hand. Rutte intervened in Trump’s speech by saying, « When it comes to Greenland, if it joins the US or not, I will leave that outside of me in this discussion because I don’t want to drag NATO into that. » Watch their full exchange here.