Could Donald Trump rename Greenland ‘Red, White and Blueland’?
President Donald Trump is a step closer to being given the power to buy Greenland – and rename it ‘Red, White and Blueland’.
A Republican Congressman introduced legislation on Monday that would authorize Trump to enter into negotiations to acquire the autonomous territory of Denmark and rename it based on the US flag.
‘America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,’ stated Rep Buddy Carter, 67, of Georgia.
‘President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.’
The Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of the Interior to oversee that Greenland is renamed in federal documents and maps within 180 days.
‘Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Greenland shall be deemed to be a reference to
13 ‘‘Red, White, and Blueland’’.
The bill must first be studied by a committee before it can go for a vote in the House. It would then go to the Senate.
It is being considered by lawmakers even as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has repeatedly said that the Arctic island is ‘not for sale’.
Why does Donald Trump want Greenland?
Trump in late January reinforced his desire to purchase the world’s largest island.
‘I think Greenland will be worked out with us. I think we’re going to have it,’ said the US president who has long been interested in acquiring it.
‘And I think the people want to be with us.’
Greenland has been under Danish rule since the 19th century and has a population of around 57,000.
Trump has had his sights set on the island as its location would benefit US national security, and it has natural resources that could become more easily accessible as ice is projected to melt overtime.
He has not ruled out military action to take Greenland.
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