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Marco Rubio: “He meant to say Greenland.”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:11

President repeatedly mistook Iceland for Greenland. Right. We're not mad at Iceland. They haven't cost us any money. The President just mistook the two countries for each other, correct? Yeah, He meant to say Greenland. But I think we're all familiar with the presidents that have verbal stumbles. We've had presidents like that before. Some made a lot more than this one. Nice try. Thanks. (1:18:11–1:18:13)

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Asserts that the President intended to refer to Greenland, not Iceland.

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