President-elect Donald Trump kicked off his first press conference of 2025 by suggesting that he would use "economic force" to coerce Canada to enter the United States. His son Donald Trump Jr visited Greenland to explore purchasing it.
In the past, Republicans would brush off these kinds of remarks as Trump's ravings not to be regarded while they try to cut taxes, beef up defense spending and roll back social programs. They would tell reporters they hadn't seen the tweet.
Unsurprisingly, the divide between the House and Senate would be even more stark, with the House being far more squirrelly and more devoted to Trump while the Senate is much more staid.
Case in point, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman and Trump superfan, introduced legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America," based on Trump's desires.
Unsurprisingly, Sen Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, a major supporter of the president-elect, praised the idea.
But with Trump more popular than ever and with a GOP trifecta firmly in place, even some Senate Republicans have expressed openness to Trump's proposals.
"It'd be like Hawaii," he told The Independent. "Nice weather. I think it's all about national security, and so that's all it's about."
Tuberville said that the United States already has a military base for the US Space Force, which Trump created during his first term as president, in Greenland.
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