Trump’s repeated threats against U.S. allies since winning the Nov. 5 presidential election have rankled some Democratic lawmakers, including Himes.
“Denmark, which owns Greenland — I think that’s probably a fact that most Americans are learning — is a NATO ally. So it’s just complete madness from a national security standpoint, and it also is antagonizing,” Himes fumed.
“We should not be gratuitously pissing these people off. Where is the economic benefit for the people who voted for Donald Trump when he’s off, you know, telling tales of Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico?”
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries took to X to express similar disapproval, writing: “House Democrats are focused on lowering the high cost of living in America. Not invading Greenland.”
But not all Democrats have come out against Trump’s expansionist vision for Greenland. Colorado Governor Jared Polis expressed openness to the plan, writing: “If it’s the choice of the people of Greenland to join the greatest country on earth, I would welcome them as our 53rd state, right 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 meeting with local residents, who he claimed were supportive of a U.S. takeover.