Trump adviser on plot to take Greenland: 'We have not expanded our country in 70 years'

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, defended the president-elect's desire to take over Greenland by arguing his boss was a "real estate master."

During a Monday interview on Newsmax, Lewandowski outlined some of Trump's expansionist plans for his next administration.

"Corey, what do you make of Trump's threat about the Panama Canal?" Newsmax host Logan Ratick asked the Trump adviser.

"Yeah, once again, this is President Trump focused on America first," Lewandowski explained. "We sold it for a dollar, which was just the most ridiculous thing that anybody has ever seen."

"And so it's time to make sure that our independence and our dominance on the world stage is back in play," he continued. "He's talking about maybe Greenland from a historic perspective coming as part of the United States, taking back the Panama Canal so that China doesn't have its influence there."

"This is a president who is making outside-the-box announcements to put the world on notice that, once again, the United States is the dominant world superpower."

Newsmax host Emma Rechenberg pressed Lewandowski on the plan to annex Greenland.

"It's, of course, considered part of the kingdom of Denmark," she noted. "It's an autonomous territory under Danish sovereignty, but not a separate country."

"Why would he want this, Corey?" Rechenberg asked.

"Well, look, Donald Trump is a real estate master, and he understands the historic and the strategic, more importantly, significance of Greenland," Lewandowski claimed. "There is a very important strategic value to the United States having control of this."

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"And by the way, we have not expanded our country in 70 years," he added. "So, look, Donald Trump is, again, thinking outside the box. How do we have a lasting impact on the world stage? What does his legacy look like?"

"This is someone who has a vision for America's greatness long after he has left the White House, and this is just part."

Watch the video from Newsmax.