Mike Waltz is initially asked whether America's allies can no longer trust the United States due to the crisis surrounding Greenland, which President Donald Trump has claimed ownership of.
Waltz believes the alliance has been strengthened because of Trump, who has made members promise to spend more money on defense, he told Fox News on Sunday.
- Missiles will fly over the Arctic
He then highlights that Russia is heavily arming itself and has several bases in the Arctic, and that China is increasing its nuclear arsenal:
"All of these missiles will fly over the Arctic if there is an attack on the United States. President Trump is not going to wait for them to be on our doorstep," Mike Waltz told Fox News.
He emphasizes that the United States is about to buy icebreakers from Finland, but that, according to Waltz, Denmark and Canada do not have any "heavy icebreakers".
- Have ignored Greenland
- The reality is that Denmark is a good ally in many ways, but they have ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint, says Waltz.
The ambassador says that the indigenous population of Greenland has also been ignored, and Waltz mentions the IUD case as a major failure, and he also says that if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland it is "almost a death sentence."
Mike Waltz believes that the native population of Alaska is better off economically.
Similar criticism of Denmark from the Trump administration has been repeatedly made by former ambassador to the Kingdom, Carla Sands.
In relation to cancer treatment in Greenland, it is an acquired area within the healthcare system. Denmark has allocated money in the coming years to help Greenland improve the healthcare system.
