Sen. Ruben Gallego said Tuesday he will introduce a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s invasion of Greenland.
“Wake up,” Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, wrote on social media site
“Mr. Trump is telling us exactly what he wants to do, and we must stop him before he invades other countries on a whim,” Gallego wrote. “I am introducing a resolution to stop President Trump from invading Greenland. Let’s end this forever war.”
In a weekend interview with The Atlantic, President Trump said he would leave it to others to decide whether the recent U.S. attack on Venezuela, aimed at capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, would affect Greenland. But he also said, “We absolutely need Greenland. We need it for our defense.”
“I can tell you that we need Greenland from a national security standpoint, but Denmark can’t have it,” Trump said separately on Sunday on Air Force One.
Gallego on Monday introduced an amendment to the Senate defense appropriations bill that would prohibit the use of funds for military forces against Greenland.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) emerges from the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol on October 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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“President Trump believes that Greenland is a location of vital strategic importance from a national security perspective, and that Greenlanders will be better served if the United States protects them from modern threats in the Arctic,” the White House spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.
“The president is committed to establishing long-term peace at home and abroad,” the spokesperson said.
Also on Tuesday, the Danish and Greenlandic governments requested a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “discuss important U.S. statements regarding Greenland,” according to a statement from Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt.
“The governments of Greenland and Denmark have requested ministerial-level meetings throughout 2025,” Motzfeldt said, without success.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, was asked by reporters at the Capitol early Tuesday if he was concerned that attacks on Venezuela would spread to Cuba and Greenland.
“I hope that extends to Cuba as well. Greenland is a separate agreement,” Graham said. “Everyone wants us to have a greater presence in Greenland to combat Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic, and I completely agree with that. So, I think President Trump is asking what kind of legal relationship we’re going to have.”
“If I were a European member of NATO and NATO countries were being invaded by Donald Trump, I would reconsider joining this effort,” Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut told reporters on the Hill Tuesday.
Asked whether NATO countries must defend Greenland against the United States, Murphy said: “Of course they do.”
“That’s what Article 5 says. Article 5 did not envisage the aggressor becoming a NATO member,” Murphy said. “We’re laughing, but I think he’s getting more and more serious, so this isn’t really something to laugh about.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday called on the United States to “stop threatening our historically close ally and other countries and peoples who have clearly said we are not for sale.”
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and by extension Greenland, is part of NATO and therefore subject to the security of the alliance,” she said.
“Today, we have already concluded a defense agreement between Saudi Arabia and the United States, which will give the United States extensive access to Greenland,” Frederiksen said.
