Denys Davydov | State Secretary Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent threats from th...

State Secretary Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent threats from the administration about Greenland do not indicate an imminent invasion and that the aim is to acquire the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions, reports The Wall Street JournalRubio's remarks came during a closed-door briefing by senior administration officials, including Defense Secretary Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Duncan Cain, for Congress on the operation to capture Venezuelan President Maduro and the administration's plans for the future of that country. According to sources, Rubio spent most of the time speaking.Rubio's comments were a response to a question from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about whether the Trump administration plans to use military force in other places, including Mexico and Greenland, one of the sources said. Instead, Senator Lindsey Graham said that the administration's actions regarding Greenland are "entirely about negotiations".💬 We need legal control and legal guarantees to justify the development of the territory and the placement of our people there, he said.During the briefing, Rubio downplayed the possibility of a military seizure of Greenland, according to people familiar with the content of the meeting. However, Steven Miller, one of Trump's closest advisers, did not rule out an invasion of the island in a television interview on Monday.The Danish government has repeatedly offered the US to station more troops in Greenland and grant new, improved mining rights. To address Trump's concerns about security in the Arctic, Denmark has invested in the island's security infrastructure and announced plans to spend billions of dollars on new weapons. But Trump on Sunday disparagingly called these steps an attempt by Copenhagen to "buy another sled with dogs".