Joe Mathieu

right now, quote, it was an incredible time in Davos.

The Greenland structure is being worked on and will be amazing for the USA, unquote.

Joining us now here in our Washington bureau for a special conversation is former vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.

Mr. Vice President, welcome back to Bloomberg TV and radio.

It's great to see you.

I hope the new year is starting out well for you.

It's been a doozy already when it comes to the news cycle, especially when it comes to geopolitics.

And that's where I'd like to start with you, because I believe that you are in favor of what we're seeing in Greenland.

I know you had some issues with the approach that the president was taking.

I did.

Now that we have the framework for a deal, was it worth the cost of upsetting our NATO allies to the extent that he apparently did?

To the point that we cannot now?

I know we're still learning what's in the deal because we actually don't have a completed deal, but we have great access to Greenland now, correct?

What was it in that first term that you wanted you couldn't get?

I think a lot of our NATO allies were surprised to hear the president suggest that he did not believe they would be there to defend the United States if called upon in an Article 5 violation.

You, of course, were in Washington when the only one triggered ever took place on behalf of the United States.

And I think we've all heard to the extent to which the Danes were involved in responding on our behalf.

That's right.

To hear the Secretary General of NATO say it pains him to hear that, you don't believe that our NATO allies would not be there for us in a time of need, do you?

And a lot of American blood and treasure was spent to build that alliance, as we know.