"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark.Since the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has revived his argument that the United States needs to control the world's largest island to ensure its own security in the face of rising threats from China and Russia in the Arctic.Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Greenland counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, had requested a meeting with Rubio, according to a statement posted Tuesday to Greenland's government website. Previous requests for a meeting were not successful, the statement said."
"Rubio told a select group of U.S. lawmakers that it was the Republican administration's intention to eventually purchase Greenland, as opposed to using military force.The remarks, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, were made in a classified briefing Monday evening on Capitol Hill, according to a person with knowledge of his comments who was granted anonymity because it was a private discussion.On Wednesday, Rubio told reporters in Washington that Trump has been talking about acquiring Greenland since his first term. "That's always been the president's intent from the very beginning," Rubio said. "He's not the first U.S. president that has examined or looked at how we could acquire Greenland.""
"The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in issuing a statement this week reaffirming that the mineral-rich island, which guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America, "belongs to its people." Frederiksen warned that a U.S. takeover would amount to the end of NATO."The Nordics do not lightly make statements l"
Marco Rubio plans to meet Danish officials after the U.S. administration reaffirmed intent to acquire Greenland, citing strategic Arctic security concerns related to China and Russia. President Trump revived arguments for controlling Greenland after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, framing the island as vital to U.S. security. Danish and Greenland officials requested meetings with Rubio after earlier requests failed. Rubio told lawmakers the Republican administration intends to pursue purchase rather than military seizure and said Trump has considered acquisition since his first term. European leaders and Denmark warned that a U.S. takeover would violate Greenlanders' sovereignty and strain NATO relations.
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