U.S. has to have Greenland and we will be able to acquire it, says Hayman Capital's Kyle Bass

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 21, 2026 at 20:12  |  3:54  |  CNBC
Speakers
Kyle Bass — Founder, Hayman Capital Management

Summary

Kyle Bass, founder and CIO of Hayman Capital Management, joins Power Lunch to argue that Greenland is strategically essential to U.S. defense and that the U.S. will eventually acquire it through a financial deal with Denmark. He cites Chinese hypersonic missile trajectories over the Arctic, Arctic shipping lanes, and heavy rare earth deposits as key reasons. Bass also dismisses the threat of European retaliation through selling U.S. assets, saying the U.S. Treasury market is the deepest and most liquid in the world. Host Brian Sullivan asks about potential financial pushback from Europe.

  • Kyle Bass discusses Greenland's strategic importance to the U.S.
  • He warns Chinese hypersonic weapons would fly over Greenland.
  • He says the U.S. must place interceptors and space arrays there.
  • He expects the U.S. to acquire Greenland via a financial deal.
  • He highlights Arctic shipping lanes and heavy rare earths.
  • He says European selling of U.S. assets would not matter.
  • He cites the depth and liquidity of the U.S. Treasury market.
  • Brian Sullivan asks about potential European financial pushback.
Ideas
Kyle Bass Founder, Hayman Capital Management 2:26
Treasury market can absorb foreign selling.
Kyle Bass argues that potential European retaliation through selling U.S. assets would not matter because the U.S. Treasury market is the world's deepest and most liquid, trading about $1 trillion a day, and the U.S. offers the highest interest rates among developed nations. Foreign selling would only signal that Europe misunderstands the severity of the China/Russia/Iran threat to the West.
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