{"id":2542740,"date":"2026-01-18T22:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-16\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:16:21","slug":"cruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz cites US &#8216;history of acquiring new lands&#8217; in Greenland push"},"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%2Fcruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-16%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=2542740&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.Ted Cruz defended President Trump&#8217;s reported interest in acquiring Greenland, arguing on Fox News that U.S. history is full of territorial purchases (like the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska) and that Greenland would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-for-rfk-stadium-bill-breaks-down-into-debate-about-dc-autonomy\/\" title=\"Debate over DC autonomy halts RFK Stadium bill fight.\">bring economic benefits<\/a> and strategic military value given its arctic location and role in missile defense. The comment came as the EU held an emergency meeting after Trump threatened 10% tariffs on countries opposing the move. Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-the-strongest-election-laws-in-the-country-missouri-gov-reforms-election-laws-banning-mail-in-ballots-requiring-voter-id\/\" title=\"\u201cOne Of The Strongest Election Laws In The Country\u201d: Missouri Gov. Reforms Election Laws Banning Mail-In Ballots, Requiring Voter ID\">lawmakers pushed back<\/a>: Sen. Tim Kaine signaled another effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-5\/\" title=\"... cites US &#039;history of acquiring new lands&#039; in ... push\">curb presidential war powers<\/a> over Greenland, Sen. Rand Paul said there&#8217;s no Republican support for invading it, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Congress has tools to block a seizure. Danish PM Mette Frederiksen warned the issue reaches beyond Denmark&#8217;s borders, noting Greenland is covered by NATO&#8217;s security guarantee.  <\/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\">Cruz cites America&rsquo;s &lsquo;history of acquiring new lands&rsquo; in defending Trump&rsquo;s Greenland push<\/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_2475434\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) suggested that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is harkening back to the history of the United States by seeking to acquire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\">Greenland<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz appeared on Fox News&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/sunday-morning-futures\"><em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em><\/a>  the same day the European Union <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423187\/eu-emergency-meeting-trump-tariffs-greenland\/\">held an emergency meeting<\/a> in Belgium after Trump imposed 10% tariffs on some countries opposed to his bid to acquire Greenland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4422331\/democrats-jasmine-crockett-may-tough-sell-senate-texas\/\">Democrats fret Jasmine Crockett may be a tough sell statewide in Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4422411\/thom-tillis-trump-legacy-growing-white-house-criticism\/\">Thom Tillis appeals to Trump &lsquo;legacy&rsquo; with growing White House criticism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4422082\/lisa-murkowski-says-congress-has-tools-block-greenland-seizure\/\">Murkowski says Congress has &#8216;tools at our disposal&#8217; to block Greenland seizure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Look, the whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories, whether you go back to Thomas Jefferson making the Louisiana Purchase &mdash; about half of the United States of America today &mdash; or you go back to America purchasing Alaska from Russia,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;There are enormous economic benefits to America, but it&rsquo;s also &mdash; like Alaska &mdash; it is located on the Arctic, which is a major theater for major military conflict with either Russia or China. It&rsquo;s also critical for the Golden Dome and defending America from potential missile strikes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that it is &ldquo;overwhelmingly in America&rsquo;s national interest to acquire Greenland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cruz&rsquo;s colleagues in the Senate disagree. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) previously foreshadowed another resolution to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4413993\/tim-kaine-senate-vote-greenland-trump\/\">curb the war powers<\/a> of Trump, this time with Greenland. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also revealed on Sunday that the acquisition effort has zero Republican support.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On the war powers, or on militarily invading Greenland, I&rsquo;ve heard of no Republican support for that,&rdquo;&nbsp;Paul said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>. &ldquo;Even the most hawkish members of our caucus have said they won&rsquo;t support that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rand Paul on invading Greenland: &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard no Republican support for that. Even the most hawkish members of our caucus have said they won&#8217;t support it. He keeps rattling the cage. As far as trying to buy it peacefully, you don&#8217;t get purchasers to come around by berating them.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y30CjlRwnM\">pic.twitter.com\/y30CjlRwnM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2012910481225208165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 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><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4422082\/lisa-murkowski-says-congress-has-tools-block-greenland-seizure\/\"><strong>MURKOWSKI SAYS CONGRESS HAS &lsquo;TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL&rsquo; TO BLOCK GREENLAND SEIZURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has sounded the alarm after Trump&rsquo;s tariff threat over the weekend, saying &ldquo;it is now even clearer that this is an issue that reaches far beyond our own borders.&rdquo; She previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4406264\/us-no-right-annex-greenland-danish-pm\/\">dismissed<\/a> the takeover effort as making &ldquo;absolutely no sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Danish-owned territory is covered by NATO&rsquo;s security guarantee. Should Greenland be invaded by another NATO ally, European officials have warned it would mean 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>Cruz backs Trump&#8217;s Greenland bid, cites US history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2542741,"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\/2025\/02\/Ted-Cruz-Chuck-Schumer-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3817,47289,32090,71348,36408],"class_list":["post-2542740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomacy","tag-greenland","tag-ted-cruz","tag-territorial-acquisition","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ted-Cruz-Chuck-Schumer-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542740","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=2542740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542744,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542740\/revisions\/2542744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2542741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}