A bill seeking to make Greenland the 51st US state has been introduced in the House of Representatives, escalating a controversial push by President Donald Trump to bring the Danish territory under American control.

Trump claimed last week that the US must annex Greenland – an autonomous former Danish colony under Copenhagen’s sovereignty – to contain Russia and China, suggesting that the two countries will take over the island unless Washington does it first.

The Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, introduced by Republican Representative Randy Fine of Florida on Monday, would authorize the president to take “whatever steps necessary to annex or acquire Greenland,” and mandates a report to Congress outlining the steps required for its eventual admission as a US state.

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