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BumRushDaShow

(146,331 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:10 PM Jan 13

House GOP crafts bill to let Trump purchase Greenland

Source: Axios

7 hours ago


House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill that would allow President-elect Trump to enter into negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland.

Why it matters: It's the latest in a series of proposed Republican legislation to bring Trump's vision of a new, sprawling American empire to fruition.

  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last week introduced a bill that would have the Gulf of Mexico renamed the "Gulf of America" on official documents and maps.
  • Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) also introduced a bill last week along with 15 other Republicans that would authorize talks to repurchase the Panama Canal.


  • Driving the news: Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is introducing the two-page "Make Greenland Great Again Act," which was first reported by Fox News.

  • The bill would authorize the president — at the moment of Trump's swearing in on Jan. 20 — to "seek to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark to secure the acquisition of Greenland by the United States."
  • The bill would give Congress the ability to block any agreement within 60 days, though it would need a veto-proof two-thirds majority in both chambers to do so.


  • By the numbers: Ogles, a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, has 10 GOP co-sponsors, including some moderate and establishment members like Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Mike Rulli (R-Ohio).

  • Seven of the co-sponsors, including Lawler and Rulli, are also among the 15 who co-sponsored Dusty Johnson's Panama Canal bill.


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/trump-buy-greenland-house-republican-bill
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    House GOP crafts bill to let Trump purchase Greenland (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 13 OP
    Nope... Lovie777 Jan 13 #1
    Betting on mining in an era of recyclables is a losing proposition bucolic_frolic Jan 13 #2
    With what money? The US is too broke to afford SS, medicare, education, healthcare. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #3
    Now they want to put all of those programs into a 401K............a shell game turbinetree Jan 13 #4
    Billionaires and politicians plan to steal as much taxpayer money as possible. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #5
    Yepper............they do nothing but use a shell game.......... turbinetree Jan 13 #8
    Then they let the Dems back into power to fill up the piggy bank again. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #20
    I don't disagree..............been going on like this since Nixon........... turbinetree Jan 14 #22
    Yep Dems do clean up on aisle 14 over and over. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #23
    Hey magats C_U_L8R Jan 13 #6
    Allow him to enter into....Greenland has made it clear, and Denmark it's NOT for sale! PortTack Jan 13 #7
    Yay, all of America's problems must be solved! Beartracks Jan 13 #9
    Maybe TFA wants to build his own personal Fortress of Solitude there Zorro Jan 13 #10
    They just can't kiss Trump's ass fast enough or often enough, can they? highplainsdem Jan 13 #11
    Of course they did n/t Cheezoholic Jan 13 #12
    Stay strong, Denmark Lulu KC Jan 13 #13
    This will certainty endgenocide Jan 13 #14
    What about actual US territories that have voted for statehood? andym Jan 13 #15
    "Make Greenland Great Again Act" LudwigPastorius Jan 13 #16
    These Trump ass pimples have no intention of governing. hadEnuf Jan 13 #17
    Instead of working for the American people they work for the oversized orange guy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 13 #18
    Is There A Provision MissouriDem47 Jan 14 #19
    Yeah, that's the point. EndlessWire Jan 14 #21
    Denmark to Trump/GOP: Eff Off! IzzaNuDay Jan 14 #24

    bucolic_frolic

    (48,256 posts)
    2. Betting on mining in an era of recyclables is a losing proposition
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:21 PM
    Jan 13

    And all that rock! Seriously, this is predictable Trump going backwards in time again. Waste of time and money

    Irish_Dem

    (62,343 posts)
    3. With what money? The US is too broke to afford SS, medicare, education, healthcare.
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:21 PM
    Jan 13

    Now we have enough money to buy an entire country?

    turbinetree

    (25,515 posts)
    4. Now they want to put all of those programs into a 401K............a shell game
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:33 PM
    Jan 13

    see where this is heading right.............reminds me that every time these hypocrites get power ...........everything goes down the toilet......every time...............they want to gut those programs to buy a country.........they reminds me of this

    Irish_Dem

    (62,343 posts)
    5. Billionaires and politicians plan to steal as much taxpayer money as possible.
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:35 PM
    Jan 13

    They are backing up their limos right up the US Treasury and helping themselves.

    Irish_Dem

    (62,343 posts)
    20. Then they let the Dems back into power to fill up the piggy bank again.
    Tue Jan 14, 2025, 05:52 AM
    Jan 14

    The Dems have to do clean up and repair all the damage caused by the GOP
    crime spree and robbery. Then the Dems get blamed for the mess they are cleaning up.

    C_U_L8R

    (45,955 posts)
    6. Hey magats
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:39 PM
    Jan 13

    Your retirements are going to fund the world's stupidest spending spree. Pray you die young.

    Beartracks

    (13,655 posts)
    9. Yay, all of America's problems must be solved!
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:47 PM
    Jan 13

    That, or it's a bunch of dumb Republicans just kissing up to Trump's bullshit delusions of grandeur.

    =========

    andym

    (5,784 posts)
    15. What about actual US territories that have voted for statehood?
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 10:18 PM
    Jan 13

    like Puerto Rico or DC? Why is that issue not raised i these news reports?

    LudwigPastorius

    (11,442 posts)
    16. "Make Greenland Great Again Act"
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 11:13 PM
    Jan 13

    Fucking idiotic...because, presumably, Greenland was great back when it used to be a U.S. state, right?

    The MAGAts in Congress are all over themselves trying to outdo each other as to who can get ALL THE WAY up Trump's asshole.

    hadEnuf

    (2,916 posts)
    17. These Trump ass pimples have no intention of governing.
    Mon Jan 13, 2025, 11:30 PM
    Jan 13

    It's a big joke to them. They want this country ruined.

    And the morons who voted for them either think they are going to get a cut from the billionaires or that their right wing fantasies will be fulfilled - at least until they have to live under those fantasies.

    MissouriDem47

    (82 posts)
    19. Is There A Provision
    Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:29 AM
    Jan 14

    Is there a provision that when Denmark says no, again, again, again and again that he will be authorized to use force?

    EndlessWire

    (7,398 posts)
    21. Yeah, that's the point.
    Tue Jan 14, 2025, 03:37 PM
    Jan 14

    The repubs are insane. Greenland, and Denmark, do not want to be part of the US. It's a bad mistake for Greenland or Denmark to talk to Trump. Greenland's gonna find out that it will lead to a walk in take over.

    I hate to comment on what a foreign country should do against my country, but we are no longer a democracy. I'd kick the US airbase out of the country.

    I usually favor people who yearn to be free. Greenland should be strategizing with Denmark, not Trump. There's nothing to discuss. They said no then, they have said no now. Trump is a liar, a convicted felon, and he can't be trusted. We may never know the truth of what goes on.

    Denmark is a NATO country, and Trump will trigger Article 5. Greenland should not look at Trump like he will do anything at all for them. They are certainly not going to become an independent country by dealing with Trump. Maybe trump thinks he can acquire Greenland for his very own. Remember, he might very well decide that he should deport all of the Greenland citizens back to Denmark. Not the right White, Christian male populace that the Orange Hellbeast favors.

    Thanks, MAGA! Good job in avoiding WW3. While Trump screws with Greenland, China and Russia will advance on the West Coast and make a play. Goodbye to Alaska! All because you needed a daddy! It's hard to say whether Canada and Mexico will aid Cascadia in this time of trouble! But, they are both here in California right now, fighting fires. So, maybe we can stick together.

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