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Republican introduces bill seeking to make Greenland 51st state

by Tara Suter - 01/12/26 3:59 PM ET

Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to make Greenland the 51st state in the U.S., following President Trump’s recent push to acquire the Danish territory.

The “Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act” was introduced by the Florida Republican on Monday, his office said in a press release. The bill’s goals, according to its text, include enabling “the annexation and subsequent admission to statehood of Greenland.”

“Greenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore—it is a vital national security asset,” Fine said in the press release. “Whoever controls Greenland controls key Arctic shipping lanes and the security architecture protecting the United States.”

“America cannot leave that future in the hands of regimes that despise our values and seek to undermine our security,” he added.

The bill states President Trump “is authorized to take such steps as may be necessary, including by seeking to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark, to annex or otherwise acquire Greenland as a territory of the United States.”

After the U.S. owns Greenland, under the bill, Trump then has to send a report to Congress featuring possible federal law changes “as the President may determine necessary to admit the newly acquired territory as a State.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday said that there was not a “timeline” for the U.S. to take over Greenland.

“[Trump] has not set a timeline, but it’s definitely a priority for him,” Leavitt told reporters. 

“I think the president was very clear last night,” she continued. “He said that he wants to see the United States acquire Greenland because he feels if we do not, then it will eventually be acquired or even perhaps hostilely taken over by either China or Russia.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that the U.S. taking action to acquire Greenland by force would mark the end of the NATO alliance.

“It would be the end of NATO,” Murphy told host Kristen Welker in an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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