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US Lawmakers Travel to Denmark to Discourage Trump From Pursuing Greenland Takeover
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers recently traveled to Denmark to reassure the Danish government that there is significant opposition in the United States to any attempt by the Trump management to acquire Greenland. The visit comes after former President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed interest in purchasing the self-governing Danish territory, and more recently, suggested the possibility of a military takeover.
During a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Republican US senator Rand Paul weighed in, saying it was “ridiculous” to portray Greenland as some urgent situation.
“There’s no emergency with Greenland,” Paul said.
Trump has insisted that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect Greenland in the case of a confrontation with China or Russia, even as he has also said that “something will work out” with respect to the future governance of the Danish territory.
The goal of the bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers who traveled to meet with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen was to emphasize the US dissent to any suggestion that the United States should forcefully seize Greenland.
Polling from 2019 also showed a substantial majority of Americans opposed taking control of the island.
Nonetheless, former US House speaker Newt Gingrich was one Republican who seemed unconcerned about Trump’s approach.
Gingrich went on Sunday’s Cats Roundtable radio program and called Trump’s posture with Greenland “a lot of noise to set up a negotiation to get what he wants”.
That “is tourist rights, economic rights
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