Exclusive | GOP Rep. Buddy Carter unveils bill empowering Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it Red, White, and Blueland
Greenland isn’t really that green anyway.Rep.Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), 67, unveiled new legislation Monday to empower President Trump to enter negotiations to “purchase or otherwise acquire” Greenland and to rename the icy island “Red, White and Blueland.”“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” Carter said in a statement to The Post.“President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”The Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025 directs the secretary of the interior team to ensure federal paperwork gets updated to the new name and gives a six-month deadline to complete that task.Trump, 78, has long set his sights on acquiring Greenland, a territory owned by the Kingdom of Denmark, which insists the island is not for sale.The president renewed his aspirations of acquiring Greenland after winning the 2024 election and has not ruled out the use of military force to achieve that goal.Despite its name, Greenland is mostly icy while its fellow Arctic island, Iceland, is the greener of the two.Greenland, which has a population of about 57,000, has been ruled by Denmark since the 19th century.
Scandinavian settlers are believed to have originally given it the name in hopes of inspiring more people to move there.Trump has argued that obtaining Greenland is paramount to the national security interests of the US due to its vast natural resources and access to the Arctic Ocean, which geopolitical experts believe will become more valuable over time as it melts.Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the president’s goal of taking Greenland by highlighting US military support for the island territory and a 1951 treaty to defend it in the event of an attack.“If we’re already on the hook for having to do that,...