President Donald Trump has sparked global outrage after suggesting once again that the United States military could invade the island of Greenland and make it a colony of the United States.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran told the Huffington Post's Igor Bobic that the U.S. has no business trying to take Greenland.
“It’s none of our business. We’re not going to take over another country. That's our ally. Also, the demise of NATO," said Moran.
Greenland is currently a territory of Denmark, a NATO ally.
Top Trump aide Stephen Miller this week posted a photo of Greenland on X, with the caption reading "SOON." Her husband on Monday told CNN's Jake Tapper that Denmark has no claim to Greenland and that no one could beat the U.S. military in a battle for the island.
"It wouldn't be military action against Greenland. The Greenland has a population of 30,000 people, Jake," said Miller. "The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is their basis of having Greenland as a colony of Denmark? The United States is the power of NATO, for the United States to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests. Obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States."
"Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland," he later added.
The U.S. established a 1951 defense agreement with Greenland and built Pituffik Space Base, meaning the United States already uses Greenland for national security purposes.
"Pituffik SB supports Missile Warning, Missile Defense and Space Surveillance missions from the solid-state phased-array radar operated by the 12th Space Warning Squadron (12 SWS) and Satellite Command and Control through the Pituffik Tracking Station operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1 (Det-1)," the Space Force site said.
