Randy Fine of Florida, a Republican lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives to make Greenland the 51st state in the country. Randy Fine formally introduced the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act aimed at giving the US government legal authority to pursue annexation and eventual statehood for Greenland. The lawmakers frame the measure as critical to countering expanding Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic, but the proposal has already sparked fierce international resistance and heightened geopolitical tensions.
US lawmaker introduces bill to make Greenland America’s 51st State: Know what the proposed law says
