Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s overall political strategy which includes foreign policy and tariffs is “making sure that America can be secure.”

Mast told “Newsline” that the Trump administration’s interest in Greenland is in part about security through the raw materials the North Atlantic island nation can provide.

“Well, it matters that we have the minerals that we need to be the most important defense economy across the globe so that we don’t have to go to China for the minerals,” he said. “We don’t have to go to China for the refinement of those minerals. We don’t have to go to China for the finished product that goes inside of a larger product that we need for defense.”

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