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
Lovie777
(16,040 posts)Instead of governing that just fuck up things.
bucolic_frolic
(48,256 posts)And all that rock! Seriously, this is predictable Trump going backwards in time again. Waste of time and money
Irish_Dem
(62,343 posts)Now we have enough money to buy an entire country?
turbinetree
(25,515 posts)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)They are backing up their limos right up the US Treasury and helping themselves.
turbinetree
(25,515 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,343 posts)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.
turbinetree
(25,515 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,343 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,955 posts)Your retirements are going to fund the world's stupidest spending spree. Pray you die young.
PortTack
(35,131 posts)Beartracks
(13,655 posts)That, or it's a bunch of dumb Republicans just kissing up to Trump's bullshit delusions of grandeur.
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Zorro
(16,680 posts)highplainsdem
(53,473 posts)Cheezoholic
(2,675 posts)Lulu KC
(5,928 posts)And NATO. Unbelievable, and yet totally believable.
endgenocide
(166 posts)bring the cost of those eggs!
andym
(5,784 posts)like Puerto Rico or DC? Why is that issue not raised i these news reports?
LudwigPastorius
(11,442 posts)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)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.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,918 posts)MissouriDem47
(82 posts)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)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.
IzzaNuDay
(825 posts)cant take no for an answer? Leave it the F alone!