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Republicans break ranks with Trump over Greenland threats
Msn.com ^ | Callum Sutherland

Posted on 01/08/2026 12:08:35 PM PST by Angelino97

In what could prove to be a pivotal election year for the Republicans, with the midterms holding much influence, President Donald Trump arguably needs the support of his own party now more than ever. Especially as he is facing loud calls for impeachment from the Democratic Party on account of his Venezuela operation...

Yet there is currently a split forming, as some prominent Republican lawmakers are publicly disagreeing with Trump regarding his renewed annexation threats against Greenland in the wake of the Venezuela intervention.

In a series of inflammatory remarks labeled as “utterly unacceptable” by Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Trump reasserted his stance that Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, should be under U.S. jurisdiction, citing it as a “national security situation.”...

Trump’s renewed fixation on Greenland—and his refusal to back down, despite the pleas of the territory’s leadership—has now earned him rebuke from within his own party.

“This is appalling. Greenland is a NATO ally. Denmark is one of our best friends… so the way we’re treating them is really demeaning and it has no upside,” Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska told CNN on Tuesday. “We’re not going to acquire Greenland. I know most of those people in Greenland want to remain independent.”

Referring to the Greenland rhetoric as one of the “silliest things” to come out of the White house over the past year, Bacon urged his fellow Republicans to join him in taking a stand. “I hope other Republicans line up behind me and make it clear to the White House this is wrong,” he said.

Here are some of the prominent Republicans who have publicly broken ranks with Trump...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
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1 posted on 01/08/2026 12:08:35 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

no need for threats, simply offer every citizen of greenland money for their vote to join US.

Deal done.


2 posted on 01/08/2026 12:09:55 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Angelino97

One idiot is not “Republicans”.


3 posted on 01/08/2026 12:13:01 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

Liberal Mainstream Media TDS hype


4 posted on 01/08/2026 12:14:51 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Angelino97

Rinos playing it safe for the midterm elections.


5 posted on 01/08/2026 12:14:54 PM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: Fledermaus

Stupid hit piece. Taking random quotes and trying to make them fit their narrative.


6 posted on 01/08/2026 12:15:16 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Angelino97

Straw man.


7 posted on 01/08/2026 12:16:35 PM PST by Fido969
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To: Angelino97

MSN doesn’t try to tell us where Republicans are IN ranks with President Trump


8 posted on 01/08/2026 12:17:52 PM PST by stanne
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To: Angelino97; thinden

He pivots better than Abdul-Jabbar AND Olajuwon.
And the Dumbs can’t catch up.
I voted for this.


9 posted on 01/08/2026 12:20:26 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: Vaduz

“Rinos playing it safe for the midterm elections.”
The RINOs are being bought off.
Vote them OUT.


10 posted on 01/08/2026 12:20:52 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: Angelino97

Anyone with half a brain knows we’re not going to forcibly take Greenland..


11 posted on 01/08/2026 12:23:56 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Angelino97

Queue the small thinkers that have no concept that Greenland is the forward defense site of the North American Continent and critical to monitoring and protecting the Arctic

Denmark and NATO cant do shite if a missile or unknown object is launched or detected over the Pole heading toward North America

Nor can they do shite if the Chinese build airfields and port facilities to accommodate their Navy and Air Force operating in the North Atlantic…just as we are converting Europe from relying on Russian gas to shipping them LNG from the US

Nor can they do shite if China engages in building spy and space control sites in Greenland

All “protected” by thousands or tens of thousands of Chinese “ workers” arriving to build “commercial” infrastructure to mine rare earths

These people are so freaking stupid I would not buy a used car from them much less respect them as national security visionaries


12 posted on 01/08/2026 12:26:45 PM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Angelino97
Perspective


13 posted on 01/08/2026 12:27:09 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: Angelino97

did you spank the monkey while reading this MSN fantasy literature??


14 posted on 01/08/2026 12:28:15 PM PST by pissant
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To: Angelino97

From Wikipedia :

[Don Bacon]

“He was one of 37 Republicans who rejected attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and one of 35 who supported the committee to investigate the January 6th attack. He has repeatedly sparred with members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus. Bacon has been among the most prominent Republican critics of the second Trump administration.[3]”


15 posted on 01/08/2026 12:30:30 PM PST by libh8er
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His district is (the very liberal) Omaha.


16 posted on 01/08/2026 12:33:11 PM PST by libh8er
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To: Angelino97

If the Republicans blow this, then they should be primaried. It’s way too important for us to take Greenland NOW.


17 posted on 01/08/2026 12:33:47 PM PST by Kleon
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To: Fledermaus

/bingo


18 posted on 01/08/2026 12:34:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Angelino97

A few RINOs always break ranks on everything. 🙄


19 posted on 01/08/2026 12:40:04 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Kleon

Why? This wasn’t even a thing until last January, and now its ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL??? What a bunch of nonsense.


20 posted on 01/08/2026 12:43:23 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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