Following President Donald Trump's call for the United States to acquire Greenland, U.S. senators coalesced Wednesday around the need to increase American influence on the Arctic island.

Key Takeaways A Republican lawmaker earlier this week introduced legislation to authorize President Trump to negotiate the purchase of Greenland from Denmark, an idea that has been widely denounced.Denmark sold the Danish West Indies—now the U.

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.

President Trump's talk of acquiring Greenland has sparked creative proposals, from a bill to rename the island "Red, White and Blueland" to a satirical petition for Denmark to buy "Califørnia."

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), who represents Georgia's 1st District, has introduced a bill authorizing President Trump to negotiate the purchase of Greenland from Denmark.

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) 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’’.