‘If these people can’t see how absurd they appear, they are out of touch with reality,’ right-wing Danish parliamentarian says in response
A U.S. congressman introduced a bill to the House of Representatives this week that would not only greenlight President Donald Trump’s purchase of Greenland, but see the autonomous Danish territory renamed “Red, White, and Blueland.”
Meanwhile, Danish officials, including Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede, have emphatically and repeatedly said the land and its people are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and will never be on the market.
That seems to matter little to Carter.
“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” he wrote in a statement endorsing Trump’s security reasoning.
“We will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”
Like the change of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, the law would require the government to modify the name in all laws, maps, regulations, documents and other official references to the region.
“If these people can’t see how absurd they appear, they are out of touch with reality.”
“Let me put it in words you might understand,” he said. “Mr. Trump, f–k off!”
A mere six per cent favoured the idea.
Carter’s bill isn’t the first propping up Trump’s mission.
On Jan. 13, a week before he’d officially taken office, Tennessee Republican Rep. Andrew Ogles and 12 co-sponsors from Red states put forth the “Make Greenland Great Again Act.” Four more representatives have since added their names, all Republicans.
Ogles’ bill also permits Trump to start working on a deal with the “Kingdom of Denmark.”
Ohio Congressman Michael Rulli likened it to the Louisiana Purchase and the $7.2 million acquisition of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
“The acquisition of Greenland represents a bold and essential expansion of American interests, one that would restore national pride and optimism to a country demoralized by the disastrous policies of the past four years under the Biden Administration,” he stated.
“President Trump’s vision for Greenland is exactly what is needed to reignite the spirit of Manifest Destiny that once propelled Americans to greatness. A historic presidency deserves a historic beginning. Let’s Make Greenland Great Again!”
Manifest Destiny is the doctrine that former President James Polk used to justify the expansion of the continental U.S. beyond the original 26 states in the early 1800s.
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