US senator threatens to use congressional 'tools' to block Trump's Greenland grab [View all]
Source: Politico (EU)
January 16, 2026 6:06 pm CET
U.S. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski threatened Friday to invoke congressional powers to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from following through on his threats to seize Greenland.
Speaking to reporters in Copenhagen after taking part in a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers meeting with Danish and Greenlandic officials, Murkowski — an Alaskan who is a regular critic of the president — said it was “an important message for the people of the Kingdom of Denmark to understand” that the U.S. has three branches of government.
“In Congress, we have tools at our disposal under our constitutional authority that speaks specifically to the power of the purse through appropriations,” she said, referring to congressional control of federal spending. She added that Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory, should be seen as an “ally” rather than an “asset.”
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who also took part in the visit by House and Senate lawmakers, said he would push ahead with legislation to curb Trump’s power to act unilaterally.
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