Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-4) brilliantly schooled members of the press, saying that diplomacy with Greenland is part of the Make America Great Again agenda that President Donald Trump promised before he was reelected to the White House. He shut down claims of the U.S. purchasing the island or using the U.S. military to take it.
Speaking to members of the media on Wednesday, Johnson was faced with several questions about talk of the Trump administration possibly buying Greenland or even acquiring it through more alleged forceful actions.
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.@SpeakerJohnson: “We’re not at war with Greenland…So, all this stuff about military action and all that, I don’t even think that’s a possibility.” pic.twitter.com/SSJhGjazXc
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 7, 2026
“We’re not at war with Greenland,” Johnson said. “We have no intention of being, we have no reason to be at war with Greenland, OK?”
Later, he added, “So, all this stuff about military action and all that. don’t even think that’s a possibility. I don’t think anybody’s seriously considering that. And in the Congress, we’re certainly not.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Greenland “offers a lot” of national security and defense initiatives for the United States when asked whether Secretary Rubio told lawmakers the U.S. plans to buy Greenland.
“That is directly in line with commitments made on the campaign… pic.twitter.com/QUlY6xDLjf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 7, 2026
“It is an America First priority to look to our strategic and national defense initiatives and what would be advantages to us,” he added. “Greenland offers a lot of that…Obviously, the strategic importance of its geographical placement. But also the rare earth minerals that are there, and everything else.”
“That is directly in line with commitments made on the campaign trail by President Trump and all of us to seek America’s interests first,” Johnson continued. “Now that said, does that mean we’re going to go send troops into Greenland and take it over? No. I mean, they only have, what, 40, 50 thousand people there. This is not a thing.”
When he was pressed about comments made in the SCIF by Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the U.S. alleged plans to buy Greenland, he pointed out he took it as a joke made among former colleagues and it never should’ve been reported, given it was made in an off-the-record, highly classified briefing.
“Did Marco say something like that? I think he did,” Johnson said. “I think he did make a comment, but I think he did it with a smile … I took that as a joke. He’s trying to be humorous…Marco did not go into the Gang of Eight and say we’re going to buy Greenland.”
“That’s not what happened…You should not be running with this headline as if it’s some sort of new U.S. policy,” he added. “They wouldn’t have broken it in front of [Senator] Chuck Schumer [(D-NY) ] in the Gang of Eight meeting. Okay?”
Reporter: Is it responsible for The White House to continue to mention military action against Greenland?
Johnson: I’m not going to take 1000 gotcha questions trying to pit me against The White House pic.twitter.com/hruk0b87aK
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 7, 2026
“You know where I stand….We’re going to get a briefing today, and then see how it develops. So, everybody relax,” Johnson later explained, when pressed again about alleged White House comments about using the U.S. military as an option.
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During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by the press, “Why not rule out taking Greenland by military force?” and she said several options were being discussed by the administration. (It comes at the 49:13.)
It is not surprising that the legacy media would focus solely on the possibility of a military option and ignore the fact that Leavitt said many other options are being looked at, with diplomacy first.
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