{"id":2532557,"date":"2026-01-11T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kaine-vows-senate-vote-to-block-us-military-action-in-greenland\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:03:02","slug":"kaine-vows-senate-vote-to-block-us-military-action-in-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kaine-vows-senate-vote-to-block-us-military-action-in-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaine vows Senate vote to block US military action in Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaine-vows-senate-vote-to-block-us-military-action-in-greenland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Tim Kaine said he will force a Senate vote to block any U.S. military action against Greenland or Denmark after President Trump suggested the U.S. might seize Greenland &#8220;the hard way&#8221; to keep it from Russia or China. Kaine, who recently won a Senate war-powers resolution limiting U.S. operations in Venezuela, said he expects broad bipartisan support and emphasized working with Denmark as a sovereign ally rather than treating it as an adversary. The Danish prime minister dismissed Trump&#8217;s remarks as nonsensical, and greenland is protected under NATO&#8217;s security guarantee. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article notes mixed precedent<\/a> for such measures-kaine&#8217;s earlier effort to constrain military action regarding Iran failed-so the outcome of a Greenland-related resolution remains uncertain.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kaine vows Senate vote to block US military action in Greenland after Trump threat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2466161\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) foreshadowed another resolution to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4411547\/five-senate-republicans-broke-with-trump-venezuela-war-powers\/\">curb the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-senators-seek-to-strip-biden-of-certain-war-powers\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Group Of ...ators Seek To Strip Biden Of Certain War Powers\">war powers<\/a><\/a> of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4412412\/trump-says-only-his-own-morality-limits-presidential-powers-dismissing-international-law\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, this time <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4406264\/us-no-right-annex-greenland-danish-pm\/\">regarding Greenland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine is fresh off the victory of his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4411245\/senate-vote-advances-trump-war-powers-venezuela\/\">war powers resolution passing<\/a> in the Senate last week on Venezuela operations. However, Trump is now teasing an invasion of Greenland, suggesting he would take the Danish territory &ldquo;the hard way&rdquo; if necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4413224\/democrats-call-release-dnc-2024-election-autopsy\/\">Democrats call for release of DNC&#8217;s 2024 election autopsy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4413601\/trump-unloads-war-powers-senate-vote-phone-calls-gop-senators\/\">Trump unloads on war powers Senate vote in &lsquo;very hot&rsquo; phone calls to GOP senators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4412130\/senate-approves-plaque-to-honor-jan-6-law-enforcement\/\">Senate approves plaque to honor Jan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-plaque-to-honor-jan-6-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"...ate approves plaque to honor Jan. 6 law en...ment\u00a0\">6 law enforcement&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409499\/venezuela-oil-tanker-seizures-us-strategy-trump\/\">HOW TRUMP&rsquo;S OIL TANKER SEIZURES FIT IN THE US-VENEZUELA STRATEGY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to do something in Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don&rsquo;t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we&rsquo;re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/10\/politics\/us-will-take-greenland-the-hard-way-if-it-cant-do-it-the-easy-way-trump-says\">told reporters Friday<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>In a Sunday appearance on CBS News&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/face-the-nation\/\"><em>Face the Nation<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Kaine responded to what he referred to as the &ldquo;disastrous&rdquo; announcement with a threat of his own.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can tell you this, we will force a vote in the Senate about no U.S. military action in Greenland or Denmark. If we need to, we will get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-condemn-passage-of-covid-relief-bill-bogged-down-by-left-wing-measures\/\" title=\"GOP ...ators condemn passage of COVID relief bill bogged down by left-wing measures\">overwhelming bipartisan support<\/a> that this president is foolish to even suggest this. We&rsquo;re not going to do it the hard way, and we&rsquo;re not going to do it the easy way either,&rdquo; Kaine said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to continue to work with Denmark as a sovereign nation that we&rsquo;re allied with, and we&rsquo;re not going to treat them as an adversary or as an enemy,&rdquo; Kaine added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kaine: &#8220;I can tell you this &mdash; we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this. We&#8217;re not gonna do it the hard way and we&#8217;re not&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2IHFryTS6R\">pic.twitter.com\/2IHFryTS6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2010385526440763492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>It would remain to be seen how another resolution would fare in the Senate. While the resolution on Venezuela&rsquo;s behalf passed, a previous effort by Kaine to pass a resolution on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3455423\/war-powers-vote-limit-trump-military-authority-fails-senate\/\">Iran&rsquo;s behalf in June failed<\/a>. Shortly after Kaine filed the resolution, Iran had stopped negotiations with the United States over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear program<\/a>, prompting bombs from the U.S. military on nuclear weapons sites. Trump said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/watch\/2154736\/\">three sites were completely destroyed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413573\/trumps-foreign-policy-threatens-grip-congressional-republicans\/\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S FOREIGN POLICY THREATENS GRIP ON CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4406264\/us-no-right-annex-greenland-danish-pm\/\">dismissed Trump&rsquo;s threats<\/a>, saying, &ldquo;It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Danish territory is covered by NATO&rsquo;s security guarantee. Should Greenland be invaded by another NATO ally, it would likely bring about the end of the international agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaine vows Senate vote to block Greenland invasion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2532558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25311516264667.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[70588,47289,36808,41831,44832],"class_list":["post-2532557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arctic-security","tag-greenland","tag-military-action","tag-tim-kaine","tag-us-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25311516264667.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532561,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532557\/revisions\/2532561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}