‘Diplomatic channels’ are the ‘way to go’ in Greenland – Johnsonpublished at 09:49 GMT
09:49 GMT
We’re now hearing from US House Speaker Mike
Johnson, who spoke to Kuenssberg before Donald Trump announced tariffs on countries supporting Greenland yesterday.
He accepts that Greenland is “not our land” but says it has “strategic importance to us”.
“I
don’t foresee military intervention”, he says, adding that “diplomatic channels” are “the way to
go”.
Should we not pay attention to the president’s threat to use military action, Kuenssberg asks.
“No, we should pay attention to his words,” he responds, saying some allies now have “people there now”.
“Maybe that was the point,” he says, “I don’t know, the president is playing chess as we say.”