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CV NEWS FEED // Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., has introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would authorize President Donald Trump to begin negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland and rename the territory to “Red, White, and Blueland.”
The New York Post reported that Trump “has long set his sights on acquiring Greenland,” while Carter and members of Trump’s new administration have deemed acquiring the territory a matter of national security.
“President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal,” Carter stated in a news release.
The Feb. 11 bill, also called the “Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025,” allows Trump to “purchase or otherwise acquire” Greenland. According to the New York Post, Trump “has not ruled out the use of military force to achieve that goal.”
Trump’s claim that Greenland is tantamount to US national security has been echoed by both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“It’s really important to our national security. There are sea lanes there that the Chinese use, that the Russians use,” Vance said during an interview with Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” according to the New York Post. “Frankly, Denmark, which controls Greenland, [is] not doing its job, and it’s not being a good ally.”
Rubio said during an interview on the Megyn Kelly show that “this is not a joke,” reiterating that acquiring Greenland is in the “national interest.”
According to The Independent, Denmark has insisted that Greenland is not for sale. Trump seems to be serious about negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland, however. In early January, he sent his son, Donald Trump, Jr., to Greenland to promote the idea of the territory’s annexation.
The Independent additionally reported that a January poll, commissioned by Danish and Greenlandic newspapers, found that just 6% of Greenlanders want to join the US, with 85% preferring to remain under Denmark. However, The Hill reported that a different January poll done by an American pollster found roughly 57% of Greenlanders approving of the acquisition, with about 37% disapproving.
Denmark, for its part, has decided to parody the proposed annexation of Greenland with a crowdfunding website to buy California for $1 trillion and rename it “New Denmark.”
