U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met Thursday to discuss current events affecting the United States and NATO, including the war in Ukraine.

The meeting comes amid Trump’s push for a ceasefire in Ukraine and increased defense spending by other NATO members.

President Donald Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary to enhance international security, escalating his campaign to annex the strategic Arctic island.

President Donald Trump gushed about his dreams of expanding America’s borders by taking over Canada while the NATO chief sat silently beside him. “Canada only works as a state,” the president said during his Oval Office meeting with Mark Rutte,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his special envoy Steve Witkoff is in serious discussions with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine. “Hopefully they’ll do the right thing,” Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Trump discusses Russia, Ukraine ceasefire hopes alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

President Donald Trump said U.S. officials were heading to Russia on Wednesday to discuss a U.S.-Ukraine agreement on a proposed 30-day pause in fighting and a pathway to peace talks. Trump said it was now up to Russia after Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire during more than eight hours of talks Tuesday with U.