❓WHAT HAPPENED: A House Republican warned that a military invasion of Greenland by President Donald J. Trump would be “the end of his presidency.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), President Trump, and Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
📍WHEN & WHERE: Statements were made in interviews and on the Senate floor this week.
💬KEY QUOTE: “If he went through with the threats, I think it would be the end of his presidency.” – Rep. Bacon.
🎯IMPACT: Bacon suggests he would join with Democrats in a vote to impeach Trump if he takes Greenland by force, though the Nebraska Republican is retiring from Congress at the end of the current term.
Representative Don Bacon (R-NE)—Ukraine’s top U.S. House ally—issued a direct political threat toward President Donald J. Trump should he order a military annexation of Greenland, warning it “would be the end of his presidency.” Speaking to the Omaha World-Herald, Bacon stated he would “lean toward” voting for impeachment with House Democrats if such an action were taken.
“I’ll be candid with you. There’s so many Republicans mad about this,” Bacon claimed, adding: “If he went through with the threats, I think it would be the end of his presidency.” Bacon, who represents a swing district that went for Kamala Harris in 2024 and is a frequent critic of Trump’s America First foreign policy, has become increasingly vocal against the President as he prepares to leave Congress at the end of this term.
Meanwhile, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also criticized the idea, addressing the matter on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “It’s about whether the United States intends to face a constellation of strategic adversaries with capable friends—or commit an unprecedented act of strategic self-harm and go it alone,” McConnell said, adding that such a move would be “more disastrous for the President’s legacy than withdrawing from Afghanistan was for his predecessor.”
Yesterday, Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with a delegation from Greenland and its sovereign, Denmark, regarding the U.S. push to acquire the Arctic island. Following the meeting at the White House, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen described the talks as “frank but also constructive,” though he stated that “fundamental” differences remain.
Notably, President Trump said last Friday that the United States will acquire Greenland whether Denmark “likes it or not.” However, when pressed on whether he meant his administration would use military force to seize the island during a press event in the Oval Office, Trump downplayed the idea of an invasion, saying, “No, you’re saying that. I didn’t say it. You’re telling me that that’s what I’m going to do—you don’t know what I’m going to do.”
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