The talk from Trump and Stephen Miller is NOT making Trump party lawmakers happy….
In fact?
They want the talk on this to STOP and Go AWAY as of yesterday…..
There IS NO support on the crazy assed idea that Trump and Stephen Miller keep fanning….
Top Republicans on Capitol Hill are publicly breaking with President Donald Trump over his threats to seize Greenland — an unusual show of dissent that underscores how seriously the president’s allies view the situation.
Trump isn’t ruling out military coercion to take the self-governing island, which is Danish territory and therefore part of NATO. Several leading defense hawks dismissed that option, contending it would do lasting damage to U.S. alliances and strategic interests in Europe and the Arctic.
“This is a topic that should be dropped,” said Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who leads the Senate panel that controls defense spending, took an even more critical tone, arguing it would amount to “trampling the sovereignty, respect, and trust of our allies.”
“Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive,” McConnell said in a statement. “And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence.”
Their pushback follows comments White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt made Wednesday about Trump considering the possibility of a military takeover should diplomatic efforts fail to purchase Greenland.
“All options are always on the table for President Trump,” Leavitt told reporters at a White House briefing. “The president’s first option always has been diplomacy.”
The brewing crisis over Greenland is the latest clash between Trump and the wing of the GOP that favors longstanding support for the NATO alliance and a hawkish stance against Russia. The intraparty divide has also flared up with McConnell and other Republican heavyweights opposing administration efforts to pressure Ukraine to cement a peace deal with Russia on terms they fear are too favorable to Moscow.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) agreed the White House is on the wrong track.
“Denmark is a NATO ally,” she said. “We should not be threatening to take Greenland either by force or by purchase. It’s just completely inappropriate.”
Speaker Mike Johnson, when asked Tuesday, said U.S. military action in Greenland “would not be appropriate.”
Trump and some of his allies have repeatedly framed Greenland as essential to U.S. homeland defense and Arctic security, and a means to protect against Russia and China. But European leaders have warned any move to seize the territory from Denmark, a NATO ally, would functionally end the transatlantic alliance…..
‘I’m Sick Of Stupid!’: GOP Senator Excoriates Stephen Miller Over Greenland
“You don’t speak on the behalf of this U.S. senator or this Congress!” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) fumed at one of President Trump’s top White House advisers….
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Republicans are, for the most part, balking at the Trump administration’s threats to take Greenland by force, if necessary.
“Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement on Wednesday. “And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence.”