'Gibbering fealty to nuttery': Republican under fire for drafting bill to seize Greenland

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) proudly announced on Monday that he is introducing legislation to allow President Donald Trump to seize control of Greenland — as the president's increasingly obsessive calls for the island to be purchased or annexed away from Denmark alarms both international actors and key figures in both parties.

"Huge News! Today, I am proud to introduce the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, a bill that allows the President to find the means necessary to bring Greenland into the Union," wrote Fine on X. "Let me be clear, our adversaries are trying to establish a foothold in the Arctic, and we can’t let that happen. By acquiring Greenland, we would prevent our adversaries from controlling the Arctic Region and secure our northern flank from Russia and China."

Fine accompanied this with a picture of himself standing in front of a Greenlandic village with a copy of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas erected next to it.

Fine, whose prior extreme statements calling for mass death in Gaza horrified even former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), earned swift backlash from commenters on social media, both at home and abroad.

"An American congressman introducing legislation to annex a NATO country," wrote University of Warwick professor Christian Soegaard. "He doesn’t fully understand the consequences of his actions."

"This man should never be allowed to enter any European country," wrote Danish economist Lars Christiansen.

"Denmark and Greenland have said NO," wrote Greenlandic commentator Orla Joelson. "The bill will not secure a majority in either the Senate or Congress. You should instead focus on addressing the United States’ internal challenges."

"How do you say 'everything is stupid and it’s only getting worse' in Greenlandic?" wrote gun rights analyst Cam Edwards.

"When sycophantic groveling flops are elected… you get Randy Fine," wrote former Virginia Rep. and House January 6 Committee adviser Denver Riggleman. "This is what a child would file — just insane and gibbering fealty to nuttery."