Secretary of State Marco Rubio has informed Congress that the United States will actively pursue the purchase of Greenland, underscoring President Donald Trumps insistence that securing the Arctic island is central to American national security.
According to The Post Millennial, Rubios remarks arrive as the administration continues to pressure skeptical European partners over Greenlands strategic importance, while carefully avoiding any explicit commitment to military intervention. The White House has maintained that all options remain available to the president but has emphasized that the current objective is a negotiated financial acquisition, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, the White House declared in a Tuesday statement. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chiefs disposal.
The administrations stance mirrors Rubios earlier public comments defending the seriousness of the initiative. In a January 2025 interview with Megyn Kelly, Rubio rejected media mockery of the plan, insisting, This is not a joke, like, what hes saying is pretty accurate, and adding, People have been talking about it for years. 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 Trumps put out there what he intends to do, which is to purchase it.
President Trump has repeatedly argued that Greenlands position is vital to countering Russian and Chinese ambitions in the Arctic, a theater increasingly contested by rival powers. Addressing reporters, he described the island as so strategic and pointed to the growing presence of foreign vessels in nearby waters, reinforcing his case that a bold, market-based acquisition would strengthen American security while limiting the reach of authoritarian adversaries.
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