The Copenhagen sign shows the distance to the Greenland capital, Nuuk, 22 December 2025. © Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg / NurPhoto / Getty Images
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told American parliamentarians that president Donald Trump wanted to buy Greenland from Denmark alternatively of taking over the Arctic island militarily – he reported on Tuesday "Wall Street Journal", citing people acquainted with the case.
Rubio reportedly made these remarks during the briefing, after a leading politician in the legislature Chuck Schumer asked if Trump was planning to usage troops in places like Greenland and Mexico.
Trump, who initially expressed his intention to take over Greenland in his first term, linked possession of a strategically located island to national safety and rivalry with the Russian and Chinese Navy.
"President Trump has made it clear that taking over Greenland is simply a US national safety precedence and is crucial to deter our opponents in the Arctic region" said White home press secretary Karolina Leavitt.
She added that military usage "is always the option the Chief Commander has."
European NATO members issued a message on Tuesday in which they supported Denmark and confirmed that Greenland is its autonomous territory.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stressed that no NATO associate ‘should not attack or threaten’ another associate and the armed conflict between the US and Denmark would make an alliance pointless.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen besides stated that the US invasion would mean the end of NATO.
“If the United States invades another NATO country, everything ends” – she said.
Greenland's leading political parties have long advocated independency or greater autonomy from Copenhagen.
Icelandic vocalist Björk posted a message on Monday to her 2 million followers on Instagram, in which she stated that she supported the island's conflict for independence, expressing at the same time the hope that Greenland would follow Iceland's footsteps, which liberated itself from Danish regulation in 1944.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/630686-rubio-greenland-us-plans/
