GOP Bill Would Give Trump Authorization To Negotiate Greenland Acquisition

 A House Republican has unveiled a bill that would pave the way for President-elect Donald Trump to make a deal for the acquisition of Greenland for the United States.

The legislation from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) comes after Trump revivedtalk about how the U.S. should take control of Greenland, a territory controlled by Denmark, for “the purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the world.”

Fox News obtained a copy of the bill, labeled the “Make Greenland Great Again Act,” following a social media post from Trump that employed the phrase. The bill would “authorize the President to seek to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark to secure the acquisition of Greenland by the United States.”

 

If enacted, the bill would allow the president to begin talks with Denmark at 12:01 p.m. EST on January 20, 2025, which would be one minute after Trump is sworn into office for his second term. “Not later than 5 calendar days after reaching an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark relating to the acquisition of Greenland by the United States, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees the agreement, including all related materials and annexes,” the bill says.

The bill states the period for congressional review for any deal would be 60 calendar days from the date on which the president transmits the agreement to the appropriate committees, identified as the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “If no joint resolution of disapproval is enacted by Congress within the 60-calendar day period, the agreement” for entering negotiations described in the legislation “shall be in effect and take the full force of law,” the bill says.

 

“American economic and security interests will no longer take a backseat, and House Republicans are ready to help President Trump deliver for the American people,” Ogles said in a post to X sharing the Fox News report, which noted that his bill has several GOP co-sponsors.

The news follows legislative offerings from House Republicans that would give life to some of Trump’s other stated foreign policy ambitions, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” and taking back the Panama Canal.