U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 7, 2026
Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he will meet with officials from Denmark next week about Greenland.
Rubio’s comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up its rhetoric about taking over Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
Rubio was asked by a reporter if he would take the option of the U.S. military being used to take over Greenland off the table.
“I’m not here to talk about Denmark or military intervention,” Rubio said. “I’ll be meeting with them next week.”
“We’ll have conversations with them then, but I’m not adding things further … to that today.”
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