# Ex-colonel weighs in on Trump’s Greenland deal, AI force and Saudi F-35 sale

https://mins.news/en/video/69490

- CNN, 2026-09-22 19:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsxQgNJD4M8

> Retired US Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton discusses President Donald Trump’s agreement with Denmark and Greenland, which is described as giving the US “permanent control” over Greenland’s security. He also considers Trump’s proposed “AI Force” and a possible multibillion-dollar sale of stealth F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

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