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FILE - The U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base is seen on March 28, 2025, in Pituffik, Greenland. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing Jan. 20, 2026, in Washington. (Photo by Kevin  Dietsch/Getty Images)
FILE - The HDMS Knud Rasmussen patrol ship of the Danish Navy motors behind a small iceberg on January 18, 2026, near Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
FILE -{ }The 32 flags of the NATO member states are seen at the NATO headquarters building on April 4, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
FILE -{ }The Greenlandic flag flies over a building on January 20, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
FILE -{ }People bear Greenlandic flags as they march to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
FILE -{ }Telecommunications systems and radio aerials are seen on a hilltop on March 28, 2025, in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
FILE -{ }Vice President JD Vance (C), with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright (L) and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R), speaks at the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025, in Pituffik, Greenland. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

What's Greenland's national security value to US?

FILE - The U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base is seen on March 28, 2025, in Pituffik, Greenland. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)