Blinken: Greenland invasion is ‘not going to happen’ – POLITICO

PARIS  —  United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday dismissed President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about wanting to take over Greenland as a bad idea not worth discussing.

“The idea expressed about Greenland is not a good one, it’s not going to happen, and it’s not one we should waste time talking about,” Blinken told reporters during a visit to Paris, his last foreign trip before leaving office.

Trump caused a furor on Tuesday when he declared that he would not exclude using economic or military coercion to gain control of Greenland, a country within the Kingdom of Denmark, or the Panama Canal. “I’m not gonna commit to that. No. It might be that you’ll have to do something,” he said.