Congress starts to take Trump’s interest in Greenland more seriously
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Key Points:
- President Trump’s remarks about increasing US control over Greenland have sparked criticism in Europe, including from Finland’s president, and raised concerns among some US lawmakers about the rhetoric being escalatory and unrealistic.
- Trump adviser Stephen Miller asserted that the US wouldn’t need to take Greenland by force due to America’s NATO leadership and questioned Denmark’s right to control the territory, emphasizing that Greenland should be part of the US.
- Bipartisan Congressional leaders criticized Trump’s approach, noting the US already has sufficient access to Greenland, while some lawmakers prefer to avoid engaging with the topic or dismiss it as unlikely.
- Several senators, including John Fetterman and John Kennedy, expressed skepticism that the US would attempt to seize Greenland militarily, suggesting instead that efforts would focus
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