US senators have proposed legislation to prevent the American military from occupying or annexing Nato territories, including Greenland.
The bill would prohibit the Pentagon and the state department from using funds appropriated by Congress to “blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise assert control” over the territory of a Nato member state.
The legislation from senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, and Republican Lisa Murkowski comes as lawmakers in both parties have expressed alarm over President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland after the US recently captured Venezuelan strongman leader Nicolás Maduro.
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