{"id":47762,"date":"2026-01-16T07:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=47762"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:17:22","slug":"us-senators-introduce-bill-to-stop-trump-from-seizing-nato-ally-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=47762","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>US senators introduce bill to stop Trump from seizing NATO ally Greenland<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47763\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-16-at-7.16.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-16-at-7.16.37-AM.png 529w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-16-at-7.16.37-AM-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A pair of bipartisan senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to block the US from occupying or seizing the territories of NATO allies amid repeated statements from President Donald Trump to acquire Greenland for national security reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The legislation \u2014 the NATO Unity Protection Act \u2014 was introduced by Democratic Sen Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Sen Lisa Murkowski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bill would prohibit the use of Pentagon or State Department funds to blockade, occupy, annex, carry out military operations against, or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of a NATO member state without their consent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex items-start w-full gap-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/d2udx5iz3h7s4h.cloudfront.net\/2026\/1\/13\/Reuters\/image\/2026_01_13T153532Z_406205932_RC2F0JAV2ROU_RTRMADP_3_USA_TRUMP_GREENLAND_DENMARK.JPG?width=512&amp;format=jpg&amp;quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start\"><strong class=\"text-[#1F2121] font-[var(--font-playfair),Georgia,serif] text-base font-extrabold leading-[26px] underline decoration-solid line-clamp-2 overflow-hidden text-ellipsis sm:text-lg sm:leading-[31px] md:text-lg md:leading-[28px] lg:text-xl lg:leading-[31px] xl:text-xl\">TRT World &#8211; Greenland PM: We choose Denmark over US<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAny suggestion that the United States might use its power to seize or control the territory of a NATO ally would directly undermine the alliance that keeps Americans safe and plays into the hands of our adversaries,\u201d Shaheen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis bill sends a clear message that recent rhetoric around Greenland deeply undermines America\u2019s own national security interests and faces bipartisan opposition in Congress,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/56d0b6071627\">https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/56d0b6071627<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}