Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted that President Donald Trump’s talk about buying Greenland “is not a joke.” “This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land,” Rubio said in an interview on Thursday with Megyn Kelly on SiriusXM.

The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American colonisation.

President Donald Trump’s bid for the island is an old idea without much appeal among modern drillers and miners, analysts say.

Amid Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) also stressed the need to properly compete with China and “send them back to their own hemisphere.” He added that Trump publicly expressing interest in Greenland is “broadcasting” that “America is great again.”

President Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland is "not a joke," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday, adding that acquiring Greenland was in U.S. national interest and needs to be solved.

During an interview with Megyn Kelly, Rubio said that Trump's desire to purchase the Danish territory of Greenland is serious.

"This is not a joke," said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as quoted by Reuters, when asked about Donald Trump's remarks regarding the purchase of Greenland. This coincided with the arrival of American F-16 fighters on the island.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that President Donald Trump's plan to buy Greenland was "not a joke."

Though the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress during Trump’s first two years, the party had not yet been turned into a full-on personality cult. Senator John McCain, for instance, famously prevented Trump from repealing Obamacare,

US President Donald Trump has not entirely ruled out the possibility of using military force to assert control over Greenland. But Vice President JD Vance stated earlier this month on Fox News that he does not foresee military action being required.

In the United States, tariffs typically serve a limited but important purpose: They are intended to grow America’s economy by incentivizing the purchase of made-in-the-USA goods. They accomplish that by effectively penalizing American companies that buy foreign goods with high taxes.