Denmark urges broad Greenland vote to safeguard ties and posture

Danish officials told U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill to avoid a narrowly supported Greenland war powers vote, arguing that a partisan result could undercut Copenhagen’s position and aid President Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland; in a closed briefing with Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt, and senators Murkowski, King and Gallego, the message was to seek broad, nonpartisan support. Gallego has a Greenland war powers bill in the works but said a vote isn’t imminent, while Democrats plan additional resolutions to pressure Republicans to go on the record on Trump’s foreign-policy moves, though several GOP senators remain cautious about a Greenland-specific measure.