Rubio Says Trump Buying Greenland Is ‘Not a Joke’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has doubled down on President Donald Trump’s remarks about buying Greenland, saying the issue is vital to U.S. national interest. “This is not a joke,” he said in his first media appearance on Jan. 30 since taking up the post. “This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land.” “This is in our national interests, and it needs to be solved,” he said on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show.” Trump, in early January, said that taking control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is necessary for “protecting the free world” and wouldn’t rule out using military or economic coercion to achieve the goal....