US President Donald Trump is considering making an offer to buy Greenland, the White House said Wednesday, despite the island's people and controlling power Denmark making clear the territory is not for sale.

Marco Rubio said Europeans should not fear for NATO's future after alarm Trump prompted Germany's Friedrich Merz to urge independence from the US.

Rubio met with members of Congress on Monday to debrief them on the U.S.’s attack on Venezuela, which included the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro. When a lawmaker reportedly asked about Trump’s comments on Greenland, Rubio responded that the administration was seeking to buy the country.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced that he will be meeting officials in Denmark next week."I'll be meeting with them next week," Rubio told news agency APThe demand for Greenland is not a hidden fact.

The secretary of State has used his old relationships to help sell the administration’s audacious strategy for the Americas.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Monday that President Donald Trump is planning to buy, rather than invade, Greenland. The New York Times reports that Rubio made the remarks in a briefing with lawmakers from the armed services and foreign policy committees.

Marco Rubio said he'd be meeting with Denmark after the White House said it was looking at options to acquire Greenland, including military action.

President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history, since American leaders have long seen Greenland as a strategic asset