Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) foreshadowed another resolution to curb the war powers of President Donald Trump, this time regarding Greenland.
Kaine is fresh off the victory of his war powers resolution passing in the Senate last week on Venezuela operations. However, Trump is now teasing an invasion of Greenland, suggesting he would take the Danish territory “the hard way” if necessary.
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“We are going to do something in Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.
In a Sunday appearance on CBS News’s Face the Nation, Kaine responded to what he referred to as the “disastrous” announcement with a threat of his own.
“I can tell you this, we will force a vote in the Senate about no U.S. military action in Greenland or Denmark. If we need to, we will get overwhelming bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this. We’re not going to do it the hard way, and we’re not going to do it the easy way either,” Kaine said.
“We’re going to continue to work with Denmark as a sovereign nation that we’re allied with, and we’re not going to treat them as an adversary or as an enemy,” Kaine added.
Kaine: “I can tell you this — we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this. We’re not gonna do it the hard way and we’re not… pic.twitter.com/2IHFryTS6R
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It would remain to be seen how another resolution would fare in the Senate. While the resolution on Venezuela’s behalf passed, a previous effort by Kaine to pass a resolution on Iran’s behalf in June failed. Shortly after Kaine filed the resolution, Iran had stopped negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program, prompting bombs from the U.S. military on nuclear weapons sites. Trump said the three sites were completely destroyed.
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed Trump’s threats, saying, “It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland.”
The Danish territory is covered by NATO’s security guarantee. Should Greenland be invaded by another NATO ally, it would likely bring about the end of the international agreement.