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What are the Trump administration's goals with Greenland?

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Houses covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)
Houses covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that President Trump wants to buy Greenland, not invade it, according to the New York Times.

Here & Now's Scott Tong and Indira Lakshmanan look at the administration's goals with the territory and in the entire Western Hemisphere. They speak with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh. He's a senior research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s security studies program.

This segment aired on January 7, 2026.

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