'I did not realize': Vance admits he only recently figured out why Trump wants Greenland

Vice President J.D. Vance told U.S. service members at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland Friday that "didn't realize" until recently what they do while there.

Vance was on a "national security" visit to the autonomous territory which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, which President Donald Trump has said must be acquired by the United States for safety reasons.

“We need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it,” Trump said in an interview on Wednesday.