'All I'm Asking Is A Piece Of Ice': At Davos, Trump Threatens Greenland, Slams NATO - Top Quotes

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• It is sitting undefended in a key strategic location between the U. S., Russia, and China... It's the United States alone that can protect this giant mass of land... That's the reason I am seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland... This would not be a threat to NATO—this would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance." -"We never ask for anything, and we never got anything.
• We probably won’t get anything, unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable—but I won’t do that...
• All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland, where we already had it, as trustee, but respectfully returned it back to Denmark not long ago, after we defeated the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians, and others in WW2."-"We want a piece of ice for world protection...
• We’ve never asked for anything else—and we could have kept that piece of land, and we didn't.
• So, they have a choice.