White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday reiterated that President Donald Trump remains committed to “obtaining Greenland in whatever means we can” despite strong opposition from the island territory’s leaders.

When asked in a White House press briefing on Monday morning for an update on Trump’s plans for “obtaining” Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, and whether he will visit the island, Leavitt said, “I don’t have any future foreign trips to read out for you — we just returned home from one,” referring to Trump’s Middle East trip last week.

“But the president maintains the reasoning for Greenland’s strategic purposes in the Arctic and he continues to remain committed to the idea of obtaining Greenland in whatever means we can to advance our national security interests in the region,” she added.

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