The United States has taken control over Venezuela after the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, was captured in an American military operation that, according to the New York Times, resulted in 80 casualties. In an interview with CNN, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller emphasized that the U.S. now runs Venezuela. He also pointed out that Greenland is next, stressing that the U.S. decides for NATO countries and that no nation would dare oppose the United States.
In a Monday interview with CNN, Miller questioned Denmark’s claim to Greenland and did not rule out that the United States might take military action to seize control of the territory.
“The real question,” he said, “is on what grounds does Denmark claim control over Greenland? What is the basis for their territorial claim? What is the basis for Greenland being a colony under Denmark?”
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Miller further clarified that it is the U.S. that sets the agenda within NATO and that other countries are expected to comply and give up whatever the U.S. deems necessary. No NATO country will ever go against the will of the United States, he argued.
“The United States is the leading power in NATO. For the U.S. to secure the Arctic region and protect and defend NATO and NATO’s interests, Greenland, obviously, should be part of the United States.”
“No one will engage in military conflict against the United States over Greenland’s future.”
TAPPER: Can you rule out that the US is going to take Greenland by force?
STEPHEN MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO.
TAPPER: So you can’t take military force off the table?
MILLER:… pic.twitter.com/9ikEPvlBVA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2026
Watch the full interview with Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller here:
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