US President Donald Trump is not getting the support of his own MPs. (file photo)
Digital Desk, New Delhi. On one hand, President Donald Trump is making threats after threats to merge the strategically important Arctic island Greenland with America, while on the other hand, leaders of his own party have stood against his decision.
Democrat lawmakers as well as Republican lawmakers have raised the flag in favor of Greenland's autonomy. The split in America's ruling Republican Party has once again become a cause of embarrassment for Trump. The situation has come to such a pass that an 11-member team from the Democrat and Republican parties has reached Greenland, where it will meet the leaders of Denmark and Greenland and assure them of the support of the US Parliament.
Which Republican senators are involved?
This group includes Republican senators like Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski. Trump claims that America is in dire need of Greenland from security aspects due to its strategic importance. At the same time, there are also mines of minerals on the Arctic Island, due to which they did not refuse to use force to take possession of it.
At the same time, on Denmark's request, European countries have also sent a small number of military forces. The US delegation, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, will meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and his Greenland counterpart Jens Frederik Nielsen.
'Need to stay close to colleagues'
Coons said in a press release that in this era of increasing international instability, we need to stay closer to our allies, not push them away. New-Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who also sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, says rumors of a US annexation of Greenland are damaging to NATO's image and sending the message that the US is playing into the hands of Russia and China.
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motsfelt have decided to meet lawmakers in the US to garner support in favor of Greenland. Let us tell you that in a survey by Reuters and Ipsos, only 17 percent of American citizens supported Trump's occupation of Greenland.
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