Hugh Hewitt
Role at the time: Conservative radio host, on social media
Statement summary
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt posted on social media that the agreement was a "very big deal" and claimed that "America's long term national security is much better today than yesterday."
“very big deal”
The Independent's report on reaction to Trump's announced Greenland agreement. It directly quotes conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt calling the deal 'a very big deal,' and Tom Nichols, described as a former Naval War College professor and Atlantic staff writer, responding to Hewitt's post. Neither post's own X status URL was given in the article or independently located; the quotations rely on this single outlet's direct quotation.
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Relative to Trump's "permanent control" description of the announced U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement, Hewitt endorses the agreement as a "very big deal" that improves national security, defending Trump's characterization of its significance.