House Democrats have worked to move President Donald Trump unilaterally from Greenland, Canada and Panama to “invade or occupy territory.”
The measure, known as the No Invasion Allies Act, was made by Rep. Seth Magaziner, Ph.D.I.
The magazine said Trump’s “reckless” remarks about obtaining territory from three countries have caused the president to distrust the war power granted to him.
“Americans do not support unnecessary wars to send troops, especially with allies that have no threat to our country,” Magaziner said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday. “Unfortunately, President Trump recklessly refused to exclude the seizure of other countries’ territory by force. Under the Constitution, Congress, not the President, has the right to declare war. It is now Congress that regains that constitutional power and ensures that the president complies with the will of the American people.”
Trump said we will welcome Greenland in a joint speech to Congress
President Donald Trump recently posted a comment on the acquisition of territory from Panama as well as Greenland and Canada. (Jim Watson/AFP, left, arnulfo franco/afp, right.)
According to the National Constitution Center, the U.S. Constitution stipulates that Congress has the authority to approve the declaration of acts of war, but Congress officially declared war in 1942, and the modern president fell into conflict without clear or formal Congress approval.
In addition, the 1973 War Powers Resolution required the executive to notify Congress within 48 hours of military operations and prohibited the maintenance of more than 60 days without Congress’ approval. However, the legislation does not define “hostile operations” and the previous administration argued that its operations were not eligible for hostilities and therefore, no Congressional approval was required.
Other Democratic lawmakers co-sponsored the measure include California’s representative Eric Sackwell and Washington’s Pramila Jayapal. The legislation has been forwarded to the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Forces Committee.
Trump has discussed months of acquisition of Greenland, Canada and Panama and regularly calls Canada the 51st state in the United States, in addition, Trump asserted in a joint speech to Congress on Tuesday that the United States would reclaim the Panama Canal for security reasons and acquire Greenland.
“I also sent a message to the incredible people in Greenland tonight,” Trump said. “We strongly support you in determining your future rights and we welcome you into the United States of America if you choose.”
Trump discussed the possibility of expanding U.S. territory for months and said in the December 2024 Society of Truth: “The United States of America believes ownership and control over Greenland is absolutely necessary.”
Panama Greenland strongly rejects Trump’s ambitions in his speech to Congress
President Donald Trump discussed the issue of seizing territory from Panama and Greenland in a joint Congress speech on March 4. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/bloomberg by Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the leader from Greenland is a territory of Denmark, and Panama has delayed Trump’s comments on Congress.
“We don’t want to be Americans, nor do we want to be Danes, we are Caralit (Greenlanders),” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egge said in a Reuters translation. “The Americans and their leaders must understand this.”
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“On behalf of Panama and all Panamanians, I reject a new offense to the truth and the dignity of our as a nation,” Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said in a post on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Republicans expressed doubts about whether Trump would actually have military conflicts with countries such as Greenland. For example, R-Okla. Senator James Lankford said in an interview with NBC in January that the United States will not “invade another country.”
“Frankly, the president is very clear,” Rankford said. “He is the president who has taken the U.S. military out of war. He doesn’t want to be able to start a war and expand the U.S. military, but he does want to be able to protect the national security of the U.S., part of it, is our economic security and our future.”
Caitlin McFall and Alex Nitzberg of Fox News contributed to the report.
