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Trump’s 'dangerous' Greenland talk could 'embolden' tyrants globally: ex-US ambassador to Russia

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Michael McFaul served as U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama .

McFaul argued that Trump 's rhetoric on Greenland could have a dangerously destabilizing effect around the world.

Trump has called for the United States to buy Greenland , a Danish territory.

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede has maintained that the island "will never be for sale".