Senator Shaheen

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really pushed our European allies to step up on their own defense and on Ukraine.

And they have, right now they spend more than we do supporting Ukraine.

And they're spending that money on American weapons.

Are we in a position where we can actually deliver the weapons that they're buying from us?

An American military takeover of Greenland would threaten NATO as we know it.

And even short of that, just the suggestion that the U.S.

would take Greenland by force does real damage not just to the relationship with Greenland, with Denmark, but to America's own national security.

It erodes decades of hard-won confidence among allies, and it weakens the sense of security that comes with it.

And that rhetoric plays right into the hands of our greatest adversaries, Russia and China.

Vladimir Putin would welcome any move that fractures NATO or diverts attention and resources away from Ukraine.

It's a point that your prime minister made again when we met with her this morning, and she's made very eloquently over a period of time.

If we're serious about limiting Russia's influence in the Arctic and beyond, the most effective way to do that is by defeating Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

And that's precisely why the current debate over Greenland makes so little sense.

As your prime minister and Greenlandic officials have said, if the United States wants to

do certain things in Greenland, whether it's build more military bases, develop the critical minerals that are there.

All we have to do is partner with you all.

That's been made very clear.

We've had a standing treaty with Greenland dating back to 1951.

And as many of you know, the United States once operated 17 bases in Greenland.