Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a troop recognition ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military Cadet School in Bogota on March 11, 2025. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)
"So there will be an operation by the U.S. in Colombia?" the reporter asked.
"It sounds good to me," Trump responded.
His attention then turned to Greenland, where he once again expressed an interest in acquiring the Danish territory.
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"We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it," Trump said.
"We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic," he added.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sharply rebuked Trump’s comments, urging him to cease what she described as baseless threats against a close ally.
A "Make America Go Away" baseball cap, distributed for free by Danish artist Jens Martin Skibsted, is arranged in Sisimiut, Greenland, on March 30, 2025. (Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen condemned Trump’s remarks as deeply "disrespectful" in a statement posted on Facebook.
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"Our country is not an object of superpower rhetoric. We are a people. A land. And democracy. This has to be respected. Especially by close and loyal friends," Nielsen wrote in part.
"Threats, pressure and talk of annexation do not belong anywhere between friends," he added. "That’s not how you talk to a people who have repeatedly shown responsibility, stability and loyalty. This is enough."
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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