{"id":404632,"date":"2026-01-13T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/404632\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:36:10","slug":"republican-bill-pushes-to-make-greenland-51st-us-state-amid-trumps-bold-arctic-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/404632\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican bill pushes to make Greenland 51st US state amid Trump\u2019s bold arctic move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump has said the United States will take Greenland \u201cone way or the other\u201d, floating the idea of buying the territory or taking it by force, despite strong pushback from Denmark, a Nato ally.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Representative Randy Fine said his new legislation would authorise Trump \u201cto take whatever steps necessary to annex or acquire Greenland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Republican Randy Fine celebrates his victory in Florida\u2019s 6th District special election on April 1, 2025. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ea37099e-4fe1-4678-8bc1-53cf531ca5b1_5f632ef2.jpg\" title=\"Republican Randy Fine celebrates his victory in Florida\u2019s 6th District special election on April 1, 2025. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Republican Randy Fine celebrates his victory in Florida\u2019s 6th District special election on April 1, 2025. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">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.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cGreenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore \u2013 it is a vital national security asset,\u201d Fine said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump has insisted that Greenland, rich in rare earth mineral resources, needs to be brought under US control, arguing the territory is crucial for national security.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He has said Russia or China will take Greenland if the US does not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,195130,144,1340,195132,4515,34356,2808,7261,5855,3,195129,2186,1206,644,21,19,22,20,25,195131,24],"class_list":["post-404632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-arctic-island","tag-china","tag-congress","tag-danish-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen","tag-democrats","tag-denmark","tag-florida","tag-greenland","tag-nato","tag-news","tag-representative-randy-fine","tag-republicans","tag-russia","tag-trump-administration","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-state","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}