Jared Isaacman

And, you know, it's true there is currently a space base on Greenland at the southern point of it.

But any potential weapons upgrades or expansion of the footprint actually does require a very vague, opaque kind of approval process.

You need the Danes involved.

You need to consult the Greenlandians.

And, I mean...

you know, European bureaucracy is legendary, right?

So imagine having, imagine trying to run a military operation, something like Operation Absolute Resolve, which took down Maduro.

Imagine having to operate something like that in a very high tension conflict environment.

Do we really want to consult Danish working groups and NATO steering committees about whether we can act on something?

No.

And also,

When the U.S.

owns something, they actually have skin in the game.

And they will defend it in a way like it matters because it is U.S.

soil.

And so it will be defended very differently if it was actually U.S.

territory.

Yep, Trump is right.

You know, I think...

I live in Europe now, so I've actually been quite exposed to the way Europeans think about NATO.