WASHINGTON, United States: A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Tuesday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory.
Trump has said the United States will take Greenland “one way or the other,” floating the idea of buying the territory or taking it by force, despite strong pushback from Denmark, a Nato ally.
Representative Randy Fine said his new legislation would authorize Trump “to take whatever steps necessary to annex or acquire Greenland.”
It would also require the Trump administration to send a report to Congress detailing changes to federal law that would allow the Arctic island to become a US state.
