Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Sunday amid his first overseas trip, as the Trump administration makes a push for control of the Panama Canal.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Panama’s president on his first stop on his trip foreign trip as President Donald Trump is upping pressure on America’s neighbors including a demand for the P

US secretary of state Marco Rubio claimed to a US radio station this week that China could potentially “shut down the Panama Canal” in any conflict. Ahead of a trip to Panama this weekend, he added: “And in fact, I have zero doubt that they have contingency planning to do so. That is a direct threat.”

During an interview with Megyn Kelly, Rubio said that Trump's desire to purchase the Danish territory of Greenland is serious.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during an interview that President Trump’s wish to acquire the Arctic island Greenland is serious and rooted in national security concerns for both the rest of the world and the U.

President Donald Trump ’s new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, confirmed during a Thursday interview that the commander-in-chief’s intentions to buy Greenland from Denmark are genuine and “not a joke.