Fox News host Jesse Watters argued that Greenland’s strategic location in the Arctic makes it vital to U.S. national security during a segment featuring video clips of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller and Danish lawmaker Anders Vistisen, prompting a back-and-forth over military capability, NATO obligations, and historical claims.

The discussion centered on Greenland’s position in the Arctic and growing concerns over Russian and Chinese activity in the region.

Watters framed the issue as both a military and economic challenge, citing emerging shipping routes, natural resources, and missile trajectories.

“Not only are Russian and Chinese ships sailing all across the Arctic looking for riches and new routes, the flight paths of Russian missiles, they go directly across Greenland into the United States. Can't have that,” Watters said.

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He continued by describing the Arctic as an evolving strategic theater.

“The Arctic is the new frontier. It's the new battle space, economically and militarily,” Watters said.

He questioned Denmark’s ability to defend the territory, noting Greenland’s size and sparse population.

“And this tiny, tiny, tiny Scandinavian country, a NATO member, for sure, has an uninhabited colony bigger than Alaska, sitting off the coast of Maine. Now, if we're going to defend NATO from the Russians and the Chinese, Denmark is not going to be able to do it, because they just can't, and they're getting a little prickly about the situation,” he added.

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Miller, appearing in a clip during the segment, echoed the argument that Greenland plays a role in broader alliance security.

“And defend NATO and NATO interests. Obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States,” Miller said.

Vistisen, a member of the Danish parliament, responded by challenging the assumption that American forces could easily operate in Greenland’s extreme climate.

He questioned whether large numbers of U.S. troops would be willing or able to deploy to the Arctic environment.

“To taunt the Danes special forces who who protects Greenland, is very easy, but I would like to see how many American soldiers who can cope with these arctic temperatures and this very harsh environment, I don't think it's something that you get many, many soldiers to do from the American continent,” Vistisen said.

Watters pushed back, arguing that the U.S. military has extensive experience operating in cold-weather conditions.

“Yeah, I hate to break it to the Danes. We have long johns here too. Patagonia will happily provide parkas for the Navy. We have soldiers from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan. Gets a little cold up there in the winter. They're used to the wind chill too,” Watters said.

He also suggested that territorial cooperation among allies is not unusual, drawing a comparison to the United Kingdom.

“If we needed Bermuda to defend the Caribbean from the enemy, I think the British would let us borrow the island. It's called sharing,” Watters said.

The exchange then turned to historical arguments over colonialism.

Watters criticized what he described as European double standards when addressing American involvement abroad. “Funny thing is, the Europeans are lecturing us about colonies. What's yours is yours. Really?” he said.

Vistisen responded by asserting Denmark’s longstanding historical presence in Greenland and questioned the logic of American claims.

“My response is that Denmark landed on Greenland before anyone ever thought about making this down United States of America. So by that logic, the United States of America should go back to be a colony,” he said.

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