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This is his very first visit to NATO headquarters as US Secretary of State
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Arriving in Brussels, Marco Rubio knew that members of the North Atlantic Alliance are worried
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For several months now, President Donald Trump has been casting doubt on the United States' commitment
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and has even gone as far as making overt threats to claim the territory of Greenland
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Doubts that Rubio is trying to brush aside. As we speak right now, the United States is as active in NATO as it has ever been
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And some of this hysteria and hyperbole that I see in the global media and some domestic media in the United States about NATO is unwarranted
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Even so, Rubio reiterated Trump's call to see all European member countries
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drastically increase their military spending to 5% of their GDP. European members are also concerned by recent conversations
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between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the possible withdrawal of thousands of American troops stationed on the continent
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NATO Secretary General is also trying to be reassuring. There are no plans for them to all of a sudden draw down their presence here in Europe, as I said yesterday
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But we know that for America, being the superpower they are, they have to attend to more theatres than one
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It's only logical that you have that debate and we are having that debate for many years
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On the sidelines, Rubio also met with the Danish foreign minister to try to reaffirm the strong relationship between the US and Denmark
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despite months of simmering tensions over Trump's bid to annex Greenland
