to the U.S. State Department’s public schedule."} 4f:{"type":"p","text":"The White House also confirmed to The Epoch Times that the vice president will be meeting with the foreign officials."} 50:{"type":"p","text":"“The background for the meeting is to get this whole discussion into a meeting room where we can look each other in the eye, and therefore, I have no further comments,” Rasmussen told Danish media on Jan. 13, according to news agency Ritzau."} 51:{"type":"p","text":"Rubio initially confirmed on Jan. 7 that he would hold a meeting with Danish officials this week. Both Rasmussen and Motzfeldt requested an urgent meeting with Rubio to discuss the situation."} 52:{"type":"p","text":"U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed an interest in annexing Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, saying it is essential for securing the Arctic amid growing threats from Beijing and Moscow."} 53:{"type":"p","text":"Trump told reporters on Jan. 9 during a meeting with oil company executives at the White House that the United States would not tolerate having Russia or China as a neighbor."} 54:{"type":"p","text":"The United States and Russia are already neighbors, sharing a maritime boundary in the Bering Strait. At their closest point, between Alaska’s Little Diomede Island and Russia’s Big Diomede Island, the two countries are less than 2.5 miles apart."} 55:{"type":"p","text":"When asked about a potential purchase price for Greenland, Trump <

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