Fox News host Jesse Watters declared Tuesday that the United States has a long history of securing what it wants and argued that Greenland will eventually be no different, boasting during an on-air discussion that America already “got the Moon” and will soon get the Danish territory as well.
Watters made the remarks on The Five while defending President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex Greenland, framing the issue as a matter of national survival, security, and historical precedent. According to Watters, U.S. power has always been used to protect American interests, whether through purchase or force, and the current moment is no exception.
“We have to secure Greenland. It will happen,” Watters said, launching into a sweeping argument about American expansion. He cited the Louisiana Purchase, the acquisition of Alaska, the Philippines, and the Marshall Islands after World War II as examples of the United States stepping in when global conditions demanded it. He even claimed the United States owns the Moon, arguing that Americans secured it and that ownership is effectively settled.
Watters said the world has changed and that old assumptions no longer apply. In his view, globalism is finished, and the United States must now focus on protecting its own supply lines and defending itself against missile threats, particularly from China. He said America will act whether other countries approve or not.
Turning to Denmark, Watters argued that the country is incapable of defending or developing Greenland and is therefore failing to meet its NATO obligations. He said Denmark has sworn to defend all of its territory but cannot realistically protect Greenland, leaving it reliant on American security guarantees.
According to Watters, Denmark already lives under what he described as a large and generous U.S. security umbrella, and the question is whether it wants to continue benefiting from that protection. He suggested that accepting Trump’s offer to acquire Greenland would be the logical outcome.
Watters then compared Trump’s proposal to a real estate deal involving an underused asset. He likened Greenland to a valuable coastal property owned by an elderly woman who lacks the means or interest to develop it. In his analogy, a wealthy developer arrives with a massive check for land that the owner neither visits nor uses, and he questioned why anyone would refuse such an offer.
He argued that turning down that kind of deal makes no sense, especially when the buyer is prepared to invest and put the property to use. In Watters’ telling, Greenland represents untapped potential that Denmark is unable to unlock on its own.
Watters concluded by predicting that once key Trump administration figures sit down with European leaders, the outcome will be inevitable. He said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would eventually get all sides in a room and force the issue, leading to the United States acquiring Greenland.
The Fox News host has been blunt on the issue before. Just last week, Watters mocked European leaders for refusing to hand over Greenland to Trump, sarcastically asking why they would not give “daddy what he wants.”
His comments underscore how aggressively Trump allies are framing the Greenland debate, portraying it not as a diplomatic curiosity but as the next step in a long American tradition of asserting power when national interests are at stake.
