‘Make Greenland Great Again’: Trump’s GOP allies unveil bill to authorize country purchase

FIRST ON FOX: The elected president Donald Trump GOP allies in the House of Representatives are clearing an airstrip for him to fulfill his promise to buy Greenland.

Representative Andy Ogles, D-Tennessee, is leading a bill to allow Trump to begin negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland, a territory located in North America but with long-standing cultural and geopolitical ties to Europe.

The bill is called the “Make Greenland Great Again Act,” according to a copy of its text obtained by Fox News Digital.

“For the past four years, Joe Biden has put our reputation through the wringer, and even before he takes office, President Trump is telling the world that America First is back. America’s economic and security interests will no longer be put on the back burner, and House Republicans are ready to help President Trump do that for the American people,” Ogles told Fox News Digital.

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President-elect Donald Trump first proposed buying Greenland in 2019 during his first term. (Getty Images)

That would allow the sitting president to enter talks with Denmark just after noon on January 20, when Trump is due to be sworn in.

“Not later than 5 calendar days after reaching an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark on the acquisition of Greenland by the United States, the President shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress the agreement, including all relevant materials and appendices,” the legislation states. .

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, which means that the executive branch cannot make any purchases for the federal government without first having funds appropriated by the House of Representatives and approved by the Senate.

Ogles’ bill is backed by 10 fellow Republicans in the House, including Reps. Mike Lawler, R-Rain-Ya., Dianna Harshbarger, R-Tenn. Florida, Claudia Tenney, R-J., Neal Dunn, R-Fla., Barry Moore, R-Ala., Randy Weber, R-Texas, and incoming House Science Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas.

Representative Andy Ogles introduced the Make Greenland Great Again bill. (Michael M. Santiago)

While he first floated the idea during his first term in the White House, Trump has stepped up his public comments in recent weeks about acquiring Greenland, as well as other properties such as the Panama Canal.

Trump suggested last week that he would not rule out taking both by force. He told a reporter who asked if he ruled out the use of economic or military coercion: “No, I can’t assure you of either of those two.”

Meanwhile, the idea of ​​buying Greenland gained momentum among Trump’s Republican allies, with supporters of the idea noting its strategic location next to Russia – one of the main adversaries of the USA.

Ogles argued that it was “necessary for our national security.”

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Son of President-elect Donald Trump Jr was in Greenland last week for what was considered a personal tourist visit.

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The introduction of Ogles was the latest move by a House Republican to help Trump realize his foreign policy goals.

Last week, Rep. Dusty Johnson, the chairman of the Department of Health, chairman of the pragmatic House Republican Main Street Caucus, introduced a bill to let Trump buy Panama Canal for a nominal sum of $1.

This bill was passed by more than a dozen Republican co-sponsors.