Democrats and the media have scoffed at Trump’s talk of acquiring Greenland for the United States, but they may not be laughing for much longer.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was interviewed by Megyn Kelly this week and confirmed that Trump’s intentions are very real and that the acquisition of Greenland has nothing to do with gaining more land but is all about national security.
Rubio also did a great job of explaining Trump’s approach to the issue, with the mind of a strategic businessman rather than that of a politician.
The Daily Caller has more details:
Marco Rubio Tells Megyn Kelly That Trump’s Greenland Bid ‘Is Not A Joke’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly on Thursday during her show that President Donald Trump’s bid for Greenland is “not a joke.”…
“Well, I think President Trump, what he has said publicly is he wants to buy it. He wants to pay for it. How we worked on something like that, how something like that is approached, obviously is probably done better in the appropriate forms. A lot of this stuff is done publicly, and it’s not helpful because it puts the other side in a tough spot domestically,” Rubio said. “So those conversations are going to happen. But this is not a joke. What he is saying is pretty accurate.”
“This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest, and it needs to be solved. President Trump has put out there what he intends to do, which is to purchase it. I wasn’t privy to that phone call, but I imagine the phone call went the way a lot of these phone calls go, and that is he just speaks bluntly and frankly with people,” Rubio added. “Ultimately I think diplomacy in many cases works better when you’re straightforward as opposed to using platitudes and language that translates to nothing.”
Watch the video below:
NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Trump is serious about acquiring Greenland, says his comments are “not a joke.”
The comments came after Trump had a fiery call with Denmark’s PM leaving Danish officials “utterly freaked out.”
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Anyone who knows American history will recall that America’s purchase of Alaska in 1867 was initially mocked by detractors as ‘Seward’s Folly.’ Can you even imagine Alaska not being part of the United States today?