Resolution to Stop Trump from Invading Greenland by Senator Gallego

Senator Ruben Gallego said Tuesday he is introducing a resolution to block the president Donald Trump to invade Greenland.

“WAKE UP,” wrote Gallego, D-Ariz. on the social networkas the Trump administration intensified its rhetoric on UNITED STATES take control of Greenland, which is an autonomous country Danish tterritory

“Trump is telling us exactly what he wants to do. We need to stop him before he invades another country on a whim,” Gallego wrote. “I am introducing a resolution to stop Trump from invading Greenland. No more forever wars.”

Trump, in an interview this weekend with The Atlantic magazinesaid he would leave it to others to determine whether the recent American attack on Venezuela to capture its leader, Nicolas Madurohad implications for Greenland. But he also said: “We absolutely need Greenland. We need it for our defense. »

“We need Greenland from a national security standpoint, and Denmark is not going to be able to do that, I can tell you that,” Trump said separately on Sunday aboard Air Force One.

Gallego introduced an amendment to the Senate defense appropriations bill Monday to prohibit the use of funds for military force against Greenland.

“President Trump believes that Greenland is a strategically important and critical location from a national security perspective, and he believes that the Greenlanders would be better served if they were protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region,” a White House spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday.

“The president is committed to establishing long-term peace at home and abroad,” the spokesperson said.

Also on Tuesday, the governments of Denmark and Greenland requested a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “discuss the important statement made by the United States regarding Greenland,” according to a statement from Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt.

Motzfeldt said that “the Greenlandic and Danish governments have requested a ministerial-level meeting throughout 2025” without success.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, was asked by reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday whether he was concerned about the attack on Venezuela spreading to Cuba and Greenland.

“I hope it extends to Cuba. Greenland is a different matter,” Graham said. “Everyone wants us to have a greater presence in Greenland to combat Russian-Chinese influence in the Arctic. I completely agree with that. Well, I think Trump is asking: What is the legal relationship that we’re going to have?”

Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, told reporters on the Hill on Tuesday: “If I’m a European member of NATO, I would re-evaluate my participation in this initiative if NATO countries were invaded by Donald Trump.” »

When asked whether NATO countries should defend Greenland against the United States, Murphy replied: “Of course, yes.”

“That’s what Article 5 says. Article 5 did not provide that the invading country would become a member of NATO,” Murphy said. “We laugh, but it’s not really anything to laugh about now because I think he’s getting more and more serious.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen On Sunday, he urged the United States “to end threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have made it very clear that they are not for sale.”

“The Kingdom of Denmark – and therefore Greenland – is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee,” she said.

“We already have today a defense agreement between the Kingdom and the United States, which gives the United States broad access to Greenland,” Frederiksen said.