Trump LOCKS OUT China, Russia from Greenland

♪. CHARLIE: PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING AN HISTORIC DEAL WITH. TEN MARK AND GREENLAND SAYING --. DENMARK -- THE DEAL, QUOTE, GIVES THE UNITED STATES. PERMANENT CONTROL OVER SECURITY. AND ALL OTHER NEEDS IN. GREENLAND, COMPLETELY ADDRESSING. ALL OF OUR MANY U.S. CONCERNS. THERE WILL BE NO COST TO THE. UNITED STATES. ADDITIONALLY, FROM NOW ON NO. U.S. ADVERSARY CAN EVER HAVE A. BASE IN GREENEDLAND, A. MILITARY -- GREENLAND, A.

MILITARY PRESENCE WITHOUT OUR. EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL. SO LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT. THE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF. GREENLAND HERE ON OUR MAP. AS YOU SEE, YOU'VE GOT THE. UNITED STATES DOWN HERE, ALL OF. CANADA HERE, GREENLAND, AND. YOU'VE GOT EUROPE HERE AND. RUSSIA. GREENLAND, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE. TIMES THE SIZE OF TEXAS, ALWAYS. LOOKS REALLY HUGE ON THE GLOBE. BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF, OF THE. GLOBE. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT QUITE AS. BIG. BUT A VERY SIGNIFICANT SPOT.

THERE. AND IF YOU GO OVER TO HERE, YOU. GET A SENSE OF YOU HAVE. GREENLAND HERE WHICH IS BOTH IN. THE CHOKEPOINT BETWEEN THE. ARCTIC OCEAN AND THE ATLANTIC. OCEAN. ALSO A BARRIER BETWEEN THE. AMERICAS AND EUROPE. AND DURING THE COLD WAR, THESE. ROUTES WERE VERY IMPORTANT. ROUTES. THIS IS WHERE WE WERE MONITORING. MOST OF OUR SUB ACTIVITY BETWEEN. THE SOVIETS AND THE UNITED. STATES. AND EVEN TODAY THIS IS WHY YOU.

OFTEN HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP. TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR ICE. CUTTERS, BECAUSE IT OPENS UP. THIS ABILITY TO TRAVEL AROUND. THE ARCTIC REGION. AND, OF COURSE, ALSO AS YOU. REMEMBER DURING THE COLD WAR. THIS WAS THE SHOREST PERIOD --. SHORTEST PERIOD, AREA BETWEEN. RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES IN. TERMS OF MISSILES. AND SO THAT'S WHY HAVING A. MISSILE DEFENSE STATION HERE IN. GREENLAND IS SO SIGNIFICANT TO. THE UNITED STATES. JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS IS. SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR. SECURITY POLICY, COLONEL GRANT.

NEWSHAM. GREAT TO HAVE YOU U WITH US TOD. TELL US THIS, HOW BIG OF A DEAL. IS THIS? >> THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH. SECRETARY OF STATE SEWARD. GETTING ALASKA IN 1967. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE. WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE PLACE, BUT. IT LOCKS UP OR BRINGS INTO THE. FOLD REALLY KEKEY TERRAIN, KEY E. OGG TO MY UP TO OUR --. GEOGRAPHY. UP TO OUR NORTHEAST.

LOOK HOW THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN. ROLLED BACK IN PANAMA AND WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE WITH. VENEZUELA. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A PLAN. HERE FOR DEFENDING OUR HOMELAND: AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO PUT IT. IN SIMPLE TERMS. CHARLIE: IS THERE ANY REAL. SIGNIFICANCE BETWEEN OWNING IT. AND THEN THE DEAL THAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP ANNOUNCED WHERE WE. BASICALLY STRATEGICALLY CONTROL. IT? >> IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO OWN. SOMETHING, BUT THIS IS PRETTY. GOOD. YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING, YOU HAVE. GUARANTEES THAT WE HAVE REAL.

FREEDOM OF ACTION MILITARILY, PRETTY MUCH TO DO WHAT WE NEED. TO DO. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GET. PERMISSION. WE DO HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO. THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO AND. BEG FOR IT. AND WE SAW HOW NOT HAVING THAT. RIGHT PAID OFF WITH SPAIN AND. THE BRITISH EVEN WITH THE BASES. IN DIEGO GARCIA WHEN WE TRIED TO. GO AFTER IRAN. THEY SAID NO. NOW WE HAVE THOSE GUARANTEES. IT'S INDEFINITE, BUT WE ALSO. HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP OUR. ADVERSARIES OUT, ENEMIESES, THAS.

RUSSIA AND THE CHINESE IN. PARTICULAR. THEY CAN'T GET IN THERE. MILITARILY, AND THEY CANNOT GET. IN ECONOMICALLY, WHICH IS. USUALLY --. CHARLIE: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT. THEIR REACTION WILL BE, CHINA. AND RUSSIA? >> THEY'LL COMPLAIN. THEY WON'T LIKE IT. BUT THEY -- THERE'S NOT MUCH. THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS PAR R FOR THE COURS. BUT THEY WON'T BE HAPPY ABOUT. IT. THEY'LL PROBABLY STEP UP THEIR. ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORIES. THEY HAVE UP THERE. BUT NONETHELESS, THIS IS A HUGE. ADVANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES. AND OUR POSITION. CHARLIE: REAL QUICK, WE'VE GOT.

TO GO, BUT DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO. BE THE END OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR. TRUMP, OR DO YOU THINK HE'LL. KEEP PUSHING FOR SOMETHING MORE? >> I THINK THERE IS GOOD ENOUGH. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY QUITE. AN ACHIEVEMENT. IT TOOK THIS PRESIDENT TO GET IT. DONE. AND THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING. SO I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR WHAT. HAPPENED WITH GREENLAND. THEY KEPT IT SECRET --. CHARLIE: YEAH. >> -- WHICH IS EVEN.