Trump’s repeated threats towards U.S. allies since profitable the Nov. 5 presidential election have rankled some Democratic lawmakers, together with Himes.
“Denmark, which owns Greenland — I believe that’s in all probability a reality that almost all People are studying — is a NATO ally. So it’s simply full insanity from a nationwide safety standpoint, and it is also antagonizing,” fumed Himes, the U.S. consultant for Connecticut’s 4th congressional district.
“We shouldn’t be gratuitously pissing these folks off. The place is the financial profit for the individuals who voted for Donald Trump when he’s off, you realize, telling tales of Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico?”
Home Democratic chief Hakeem Jeffries took to X to specific comparable disapproval, writing: “Home Democrats are targeted on decreasing the excessive value of dwelling in America. Not invading Greenland.”
However not all Democrats have come out towards Trump’s expansionist imaginative and prescient for Greenland. Colorado Governor Jared Polis expressed openness to the plan, writing: “If it’s the selection of the folks of Greenland to hitch the best nation on earth, I’d welcome them as our 53rd state, proper after we admit Puerto Rico and Washington DC as states.”
Earlier on Tuesday, the president-elect’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., landed on the Arctic island and spent the day assembly with native residents, who he claimed have been supportive of a U.S. takeover.
