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Trump’s Push For Greenland Escalates After GOP Rep. Launches New Legislation
A House Republican is moving to turn President Donald Trump’s push for Greenland into law, introducing legislation that would authorize the United States to acquire the massive Arctic territory and place it on track to become the nation’s 51st state.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., said he plans to introduce a bill Monday that would empower Trump to move forward with efforts to bring Greenland under U.S. control.
“I think it is in the world’s interest for the United States to exert sovereignty over Greenland,” Fine told Fox News Digital.
“Congress would still have to choose to make it a state, but this would simply authorize the president to do what he’s doing and say the Congress stands behind him. And then it would expedite it into becoming a state, but it would still be up to Congress about whether to do that.”
Trump has openly floated the idea of acquiring Greenland dating back to his first term, citing its strategic location near Russia and its vast reserves of critical minerals. The idea has returned to center stage as his administration sharpens its focus on Arctic security.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he will meet with Danish officials this week to discuss Greenland, which is currently an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Fine argued that U.S. control would benefit both national security and Greenland’s residents.
“Their poverty rate is high. Denmark hasn’t treated them well,” Fine said. “When war came to town, Denmark couldn’t protect them. Guess who protected Greenland during World War II? We did.”
Republican lawmakers broadly agree Greenland holds major strategic value, but some were unsettled earlier this month after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to rule out military force as an option to secure the territory.
Asked whether force should be used, Fine said, “I think the best way to acquire Greenland is voluntarily.”
“The poverty rate in Greenland is much, much higher than it is in Denmark. The country is run by socialists, and it is not in America’s interests to have a territory that large between the United States and Russia run by socialists,” Fine said.
Under the U.S. Constitution, only Congress can admit new states. The process would require legislation to create a U.S. territory, the drafting of a state constitution approved by Greenland’s residents, and a final vote by Congress before the president could sign it into law.
For now, Fine’s bill signals that Donald Trump’s once-radical idea is being taken seriously inside the GOP, turning talk of Greenland into a full-blown statehood push.
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