Trump renews calls to take over Greenland — as admin warns Cuba ‘is in a lot of trouble’ — after Maduro capture
Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17, 2025. REUTERS
President Trump renewed his push for a U.S. presence in Greenland just one day after ordering a military operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power. At the same time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Cuba’s Communist government is “in a lot of trouble.”
“It’s so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while returning to Washington from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it,” he added.
When asked about a potential U.S. approach in Greenland following the Venezuela operation, Trump told The Atlantic, “They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know.” Rubio, speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, accused Cuba of supporting Maduro and warned the island nation’s leaders that “they’re in a lot of trouble.”
“I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard,” Rubio said. “But I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime — who, by the way, are the ones that were propping up Maduro.”
In the administration’s National Security Strategy released last month, Trump outlined restoring “American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere” as a key goal for his second term. He has frequently referenced the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, which historically justified U.S. interventions in the region, and has dubbed his approach “The Donroe Doctrine,” calling it “a Monroe Doctrine on steroids.”
The overnight U.S. operation in Caracas and Trump’s statements on Sunday have raised concerns in Denmark, which governs Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the Associated Press that Trump has “no right to annex” the mineral-rich territory. She emphasized that Denmark has already provided the United States, a NATO ally, with extensive access to Greenland under existing security agreements.
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