On Fox, Former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland claims, “at the end of the day we're going to get control of Greenland”
McFarland: “It's essential that it's in our hands, and it's not in China's hands”
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From the January 15, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): But the Germans are sending troops, so are France and maybe the U.K. Really?
K.T. MCFARLAND (FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER): Look, at the end of the day, we're going to get control of Greenland. Why? Because as President Trump says, the Chinese want it. And there's a sense of urgency because the Chinese are working very quickly and very fast to try to develop Greenland, to try to develop Greenland's natural resources, to have a presence on the ground in Greenland.
If you want to know what the real issue is, take a globe and turn it on its side so that you're — the Arctic is your main focus. And you see that Greenland is essential to controlling all of the Atlantic, the maritime trade route that might happen from the Atlantic, to the Arctic, to the Europe, and to Asia. It's essential that it's in our hands, and it's not in China's hands.
KILMEADE: K.T., I hear you. But maybe there's a deal to be done here where they handle the social things. We get the rare earth, expand our military base, and have a spirit of cooperation between them. This way, we don't have to pay for all the infrastructure of Greenland. And being that Denmark are such great allies, don't you think this has so much potential for a deal?
MCFARLAND: Yeah, I do. And we're already halfway there. I mean, we've been trying to buy Greenland since Abraham Lincoln. We already have military bases there. It's a matter of money and who's gonna develop Greenland. And as long as it's not the Chinese, as long as it's us working with our NATO allies, you know, Donald Trump is a deal guy. He'll figure out the right deal. He'll probably figure out how to have the companies invest in Greenland so that the United States doesn't have to pay for it. But I think money changes hands at the end of the day, and the United States takes the leadership role permanently in Greenland.