Marco Rubio
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If we're already on the hook for having to do that, then we might as well have more control over what happens there. And so I know it's a delicate topic for Denmark, but it's, again, a national interest item for the United States.
If we're already on the hook for having to do that, then we might as well have more control over what happens there. And so I know it's a delicate topic for Denmark, but it's, again, a national interest item for the United States.
Well, I think President Trump, what he has said publicly is he wants to buy it. He wants to pay for it. And how we worked on something like that, how something like that is approached, obviously, is probably done better in the appropriate forms. A lot of the stuff is done publicly, and it's not helpful because it puts the other side in a tough spot domestically.
Well, I think President Trump, what he has said publicly is he wants to buy it. He wants to pay for it. And how we worked on something like that, how something like that is approached, obviously, is probably done better in the appropriate forms. A lot of the stuff is done publicly, and it's not helpful because it puts the other side in a tough spot domestically.
Well, I think President Trump, what he has said publicly is he wants to buy it. He wants to pay for it. And how we worked on something like that, how something like that is approached, obviously, is probably done better in the appropriate forms. A lot of the stuff is done publicly, and it's not helpful because it puts the other side in a tough spot domestically.
So those conversations are going to happen. But this is not a joke. What he's saying is pretty accurate. People don't talk about it for years. This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest and And it needs to be solved. President Trump's put out there what he intends to do, which is to purchase it.
So those conversations are going to happen. But this is not a joke. What he's saying is pretty accurate. People don't talk about it for years. This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest and And it needs to be solved. President Trump's put out there what he intends to do, which is to purchase it.
So those conversations are going to happen. But this is not a joke. What he's saying is pretty accurate. People don't talk about it for years. This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest and And it needs to be solved. President Trump's put out there what he intends to do, which is to purchase it.
I wasn't privy to that phone call, but I imagine the phone call went the way a lot of these phone calls go. And that is he just speaks bluntly and frankly with people. And ultimately, I think diplomacy in many cases works better when you're straightforward as opposed to using platitudes and language that translates to nothings.
I wasn't privy to that phone call, but I imagine the phone call went the way a lot of these phone calls go. And that is he just speaks bluntly and frankly with people. And ultimately, I think diplomacy in many cases works better when you're straightforward as opposed to using platitudes and language that translates to nothings.
I wasn't privy to that phone call, but I imagine the phone call went the way a lot of these phone calls go. And that is he just speaks bluntly and frankly with people. And ultimately, I think diplomacy in many cases works better when you're straightforward as opposed to using platitudes and language that translates to nothings.
Well, I don't remember him saying military coercion. He did. He was asked, you know, what would you rule out? Would you rule it out? Right. I don't think he's in the... Listen, he also brings to this... He said, no, I won't rule it out. Because he brings to this, this is a businessman who's involved in politics, not a politician involved in politics.
Well, I don't remember him saying military coercion. He did. He was asked, you know, what would you rule out? Would you rule it out? Right. I don't think he's in the... Listen, he also brings to this... He said, no, I won't rule it out. Because he brings to this, this is a businessman who's involved in politics, not a politician involved in politics.
Well, I don't remember him saying military coercion. He did. He was asked, you know, what would you rule out? Would you rule it out? Right. I don't think he's in the... Listen, he also brings to this... He said, no, I won't rule it out. Because he brings to this, this is a businessman who's involved in politics, not a politician involved in politics.
So he approaches these issues from a transactional business point of view. So he is not going to begin what he views as a negotiation or a conversation by taking leverage off the table. And that's a tactic that's used all the time in business. It's being applied to foreign policy. And I think to great effect in the first term.
So he approaches these issues from a transactional business point of view. So he is not going to begin what he views as a negotiation or a conversation by taking leverage off the table. And that's a tactic that's used all the time in business. It's being applied to foreign policy. And I think to great effect in the first term.
So he approaches these issues from a transactional business point of view. So he is not going to begin what he views as a negotiation or a conversation by taking leverage off the table. And that's a tactic that's used all the time in business. It's being applied to foreign policy. And I think to great effect in the first term.
You look at the Abraham Accords and the Democrats mocked the Abraham Accords when they were made. And then by the end of the Biden administration, they became the linchpin of a lot of what we're hoping to build on. That never would have happened had there not been a transactional approach. You look at what his envoy to the Middle East, Steve Woodcock, has achieved.
You look at the Abraham Accords and the Democrats mocked the Abraham Accords when they were made. And then by the end of the Biden administration, they became the linchpin of a lot of what we're hoping to build on. That never would have happened had there not been a transactional approach. You look at what his envoy to the Middle East, Steve Woodcock, has achieved.
You look at the Abraham Accords and the Democrats mocked the Abraham Accords when they were made. And then by the end of the Biden administration, they became the linchpin of a lot of what we're hoping to build on. That never would have happened had there not been a transactional approach. You look at what his envoy to the Middle East, Steve Woodcock, has achieved.