Walsh: What are the Trump administration's goals with Greenland?

Jim Walsh | WBUR's Here & Now Newsroom

January 7, 2026

Houses covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025.

SSP's Jim Walsh discusses the Trump administration's goal to buy Greenland and their objectives in the entire Western Hemisphere on a WBUR's Here & Now Newsroom episode.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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