Rubio says he will meet with Denmark about Greenland next week

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adjacent to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media connected the time of a briefing for the House of Representatives connected the concern successful Venezuela, connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 7, 2026

Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that helium volition conscionable with officials from Denmark adjacent week astir Greenland.

Rubio's comments connected Capitol Hill came arsenic the Trump medication has amped up its rhetoric astir taking implicit Greenland, which is simply a self-governing territory of Denmark.

Rubio was asked by a newsman if helium would instrumentality the enactment of the U.S. subject being utilized to instrumentality implicit Greenland disconnected the table.

"I'm not present to speech astir Denmark oregon subject intervention," Rubio said. "I'll beryllium gathering with them adjacent week."

"We'll person conversations with them then, but I'm not adding things further ... to that today."