Trump's Greenland push escalates as GOP lawmaker moves to make it America's 51st state
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Greenland 51st state bill introduced by Rep. Randy Fine supports President Donald Trump's push to acquire the Danish territory for U.S. strategic interests.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
"I think it is in the world's interest for the United States to exert sovereignty over Greenland," Fine told Fox News Digital in an interview. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
"Congress would still have to choose to make it a state, but this would simply authorize the president to do what he's doing and say the Congress stands behind him. And then it would expedite it into becoming a state, but it would still be up to Congress about whether to do that."
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