Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is going through backlash after saying plans to introduce laws that will enable President Donald Trump to take management of Greenland for the United States.
On Monday, the Florida Republican gleefully shared the information on X, previously Twitter, that he was “proud to introduce the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, a bill that allows the President to find the means necessary to bring Greenland into the Union.”
“Let me be clear, our adversaries are trying to establish a foothold in the Arctic, and we can’t let that happen,” Fine added, earlier than echoing Trump’s speaking level that buying the self-governing territory throughout the Kingdom of Denmark “would prevent our adversaries from controlling the Arctic Region and secure our northern flank from Russia and China.”
Fine — who has drawn controversy prior to now for inflammatory remarks — additionally shared a placing picture depicting the president superimposed over a Trump-branded skyscraper towering above a Greenlandic village.
Critics have been fast to reply, noting that each Greenland and Denmark have repeatedly rejected Trump’s overtures.
They additionally warned that any try to seize the self-governing island would quantity to an assault on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, given Denmark’s membership within the alliance.
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