“So, we’re building a Golden Dome and having Greenland makes it a much more effective Golden Dome.”
What FactCheck.org found
Todd Harrison at the conservative American Enterprise Institute told us it’s wrong for Trump to suggest that the U.S. couldn’t already do this in Greenland since “Greenland is already used by the United States as a key radar tracking site for homeland missile defense.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 20 January 2026. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 January 2026, 2 days later. Its rating was “Need context”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.