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Trump says Greenland 'maybe' in US future as territory's leaders lambast US delegation trip

1. GENERAL VIEW OF CABINET MEETING 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "Well not provocation. This is friendliness, not provocation. We're dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to their being properly protected and properly taken care of. They're calling us. We're not calling them. And we were invited over there, and I have great respect for the wife of our first - of our great Vice President. I think she's doing - she's a brilliant woman. She's a very nice woman. And she loves the concept of Greenland. And she's going there. And I think Marco's [referring to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio] going there, and some others are going there. But we've been invited, and they really like the idea because they have been somewhat abandoned as you know. They haven't been taken well, good care of. And I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future. I think it's important. It's important from the standpoint of international security. And if you look at the ships outside of Greenland, you have Russia, you have China, you have lots of lots of different people and lots of different places and it cannot go on the way it is. It's not going to go on the way it is. I'll make a statement. It's not going to happen. So, they're going there and that's purely friendship [REPORTER ASKS INAUDIBLE QUESTION] TRUMP RESPONDING: Lot of people. People from Greenland are asking us to go there. We have many, many requests from many, many people. Some officials too." 3. GENERAL VIEW OF CABINET MEETING STORY: President Donald Trump on Monday (March 24) doubled down on his suggestion that the U.S. should take over Greenland as leaders from the semi-autonomous Danish territory criticized a planned trip there this week by a high-profile U.S. delegation. "I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future," Trump told reporters after a meeting with officials in his Cabinet, saying it was important for U.S. national security. Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Mute Egede called plans by the U.S. delegation to visit an American military base and attend a dog sled race a "provocation," and said his caretaker government would not meet with the group. Trump said his administration was working with "people in Greenland" who want something to happen, but did not elaborate. "They're calling us," he said. "We're not calling them," Trump said. The U.S. visit, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, will be led by Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, and include White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Trump has made U.S. annexation of Greenland a major talking point since his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., paid a private visit to the vast, mineral-rich island in January.