President Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland is "not a joke," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday, adding that acquiring Greenland was in U.S. national interest and needs to be solved, APA reports citing Reuters.
Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a part of the U.S. since his reelection in November. He hasn't ruled out using military or economic power to persuade Denmark to hand it over.
Rubio told Sirius XM’s The Megyn Kelly Show that Trump wants to buy Greenland and had not ruled out military coercion to acquire it so as not to take leverage off the table.
"This is not a joke," Rubio said.
"This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest and it needs to be solved."
