Graham, a Trump ally, first joked about Martin’s question. “Well, if you’re nervous, have a beer,” he said. “Go see a doctor. Stop being nervous.”
Graham then downplayed the president’s bid to take over the territory, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark — and which has stressed the United States’ relations with Denmark and other NATO allies.
Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and ranking member Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, conduct the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing titled « The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation, » in Dirksen building on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
Sharing his actual message to “my European friends,” Graham said, “Greenland is behind us, but the goal is to get outcomes.”
“Who gives a s— who owns Greenland? I don’t,” the senator continued. “So the point is Greenland is going to be more fortified because Donald Trump, once he feels like it’s his brand or his buy-in, is going to go big.”Danish Lawmaker Cut Off After Telling Donald Trump to ‘F— Off’ During Heated Greenland Speech
Anders Vistisen member of the European Parliament and member of the Danish political party Dansk Folkeparti gives a speech at the victory party meeting organized by the Patriots for Europe political group in the European Parliament in Mormant sur Vernisson France on June 9, 2025; Donald Trump during an executive orders signing event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2025
JD Vance Tells Greenland They’re Safer Under U.S., Claims Other Nations Want to Take Over: ‘This Island Is Not Safe’
When he was questioned about Denmark’s relationship with the U.S. amid Trump’s vocal plans to seize control of Greenland, Graham said, “I think we’re good.”
“I think everybody is hugging it out and, you know, we’ll live to fight another day,” he added.
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Trump previously linked his loss of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to his desire to seize control of Greenland in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
In his January letter to Støre, Trump urged the politician to give the U.S. “Complete and Total Control of Greenland,” despite the fact that Støre was not responsible for Trump’s Nobel loss, nor does he control the fate of Greenland.
