Megyn Kelly is joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an exclusive interview about if the Trump administration is serious about wanting to buy Greenland, the national interest America has in Greenland,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly on Thursday during her show that President Donald Trump’s bid for Greenland is “not a joke.” In recent weeks, Trump has reiterated his interest in purchasing Greenland,

Kelly asked Rubio if the U.S. will own Greenland — whose ruling party actually wants the island to be independent — by the end of Trump’s second term. “We’ll see,” he replied, adding that Americans can “rest assured” that U.S. interests in Greenland, the Panama Canal and elsewhere will be “more secure” by that time.

This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land,” Rubio. “This is in our national interest and it needs to be solved.”

Denmark said on Friday it meant seriously that Greenland is not for sale, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the island was "not a joke." Trump says he will make the autonomous territory of Denmark a part of the United States,

Trump’s increasingly trenchant remarks about Greenland — he has called the U.S. acquiring the island an “absolute necessity” and refused to rule out using military force or economic coercion to do so — have sparked crisis talks in Copenhagen and other European capitals.

Rubio said he could not predict if Trump would succeed in buying Greenland from Denmark or restoring American authority over the Panama Canal while he is in office.

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.”

Rubio, a former Florida senator, told SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly that Trump’s desire to purchase the Arctic autonomous territory is based on national security concerns for the U.S. and the rest of the world as China increases its activities in the region.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods as early as Saturday.

The top US diplomat said President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland “is not a joke” because of the risk that China would station resources on the island that threaten American security and the importance of Arctic shipping lanes for energy exports.