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From the Daily Caller: 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.”
In recent weeks, Trump has reiterated his interest in purchasing Greenland, a territory controlled by Denmark. On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the SiriusXM host asked the newly confirmed secretary of state about the land grab and mentioned Denmark’s resistance to giving up the territory. Some reports say Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had a heated discussion with the president over the matter.
“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.”
Rubio explained the Artic reason is going to become critical for shipping, as some of the ice is melting and it will become more navigable. He said, “We need to be able to defend that.”
“If you project what the Chinese have done, it is just a matter of time before… because they are not an Artic power, they do not have an Artic presence, so they need to have somewhere they can stage from… it is completely realistic to believe that the Chinese will eventually try to do in Greenland what they have done at the Panama Canal and other places… and that is install facilities to give them access to the Artic with the cover of a Chinese company.
Rubio said this would serve a dual purpose, as in a moment of conflict, China could send their naval vessels to that facility and operate from there.
“And that is completely unacceptable to the security of the world and the United States,” he said.
He warned that Denmark can’t stop China, so they would rely on the United States, and Trump believes if Denmark is going to be leaning on the US, then the US needs to have more control over the situation.
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