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Wright Previews Greenland Base Trip With Vance and Waltz, Cites Arctic Security and Minerals

March 27, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:03:57

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on March 27, 2025, ahead of a trip the next day to Greenland with Vice President JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. The segment aired President Trump’s statement that the United States needs Greenland for national and international security and will go as far as it has to go, as the President put it, noting ships from China and Russia in surrounding waters.

Wright said the delegation would visit a U.S. military base in northwestern Greenland whose radar is critical because nuclear weapons coming at the United States would come over the poles, not across the Atlantic or Pacific, as he explained it. He said there is much more activity in the Arctic from Russia and China and that the U.S. should have a growing presence there. He said the group would meet base personnel about operations and challenges, not Greenland officials.

Asked about his role as Energy Secretary, Wright said Greenland has tried for years to attract more economic development and mining, that mining is popular there but infrastructure is insufficient to make its vast resources economic, and that U.S. cooperation could bring capital, jobs and economic opportunity for Greenlanders and critical minerals for the United States, which he called a possible win for both sides.

Why it matters

The interview documents how the administration framed the Greenland push at its outset: an Arctic early-warning and security requirement first, with mineral development presented as Greenland’s own longstanding request.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright joins Fox News’s Martha MacCallum - March 27th, 2025”, 2025-03-27 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-03-27). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.