Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the heart of the European drama after Trump’s tariff announcement, on travel to NATO headquarters in Brussels for a ministerial meeting of the alliance.
Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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Under usual circumstances, there would be no shortage of contentious topics to discuss: support for Ukraine, defense budgeting and Russia. But now, Rubio is on the frontlines for any private complaints about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other ongoing fights with European leaders, like Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland.
So far, Rubio has been avoiding addressing these topics head on even though he met with the foreign minister of Denmark, which counts Greenland among its territories. He ignored shouted questions about Greenland ahead of the meeting.
-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston
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