Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced plans to meet next week with Danish officials to discuss the future of Greenland as the Trump administration explores ways to seize the Danish territory. Reuters reports the Trump administration is considering sending lump sum payments of up to $100,000 to each resident of Greenland to convince them to secede from Denmark. The U.S. has also not ruled out using military force to take over Greenland.
Earlier this week, Trump told reporters at The New York Times he wants to take ownership of Greenland. In the same interview, Trump dismissed the importance of international law.

Katie Rogers: “Is there anything that could stop you if you wanted to?”

President Donald Trump: “Yeah, there’s one thing: my own morality, my own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me. And that’s very good.”

Zolan Kanno-Youngs: “Not international law?”

President Donald Trump: “I don’t need international law. I’m not looking to hurt people.”

Zolan Kanno-Youngs: “Do you feel your administration needs to abide by international law on the global stage?”

President Donald Trump: “Yeah, I do. You know, I do. But it depends what your definition of 'international law' is.”

This comes as German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has sharply criticized Trump’s foreign policy. He warned that the world is turning into a “den of robbers, where the most unscrupulous take whatever they want.”