Marco Rubio brushes off Trump's Iceland/Greenland blunder undermining Leavitt's response

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to downplay President Donald Trump’s high-profile gaffe at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Trump repeatedly said “Iceland” while discussing Greenland, contradicting White House rhetoric.

Rubio told lawmakers that Trump “meant to say Greenland” and chalked the mix-up up to familiar presidential “verbal stumbles,” even referencing past leaders who misspoke.

His remarks undercut an earlier defence by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who insisted Trump’s written remarks were accurate and denied the error.

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