PARIS (AP) 鈥� Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is advising the world 鈥渘ot to waste a lot of time鈥� on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about
Trump made clear again this week that he鈥檇 like the semiautonomous territory of Denmark to come under U.S. control and said he would not rule out the use of military force to make that happen.
鈥淲e need Greenland for national security purposes,鈥�
But Blinken said Wednesday that the incoming president's ambitions are unlikely to amount to anything more than talk.
鈥淭he idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one,鈥� the senior U.S. diplomat said during a stop in Paris for meetings.
鈥淢aybe more important, it's obviously one that's not going to happen. So we probably shouldn't waste a lot of time talking about it," he said.
The Associated Press
