{"id":2545471,"date":"2026-01-20T20:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-want-greenland-debate-resolved-very-soon-7\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:27:54","slug":"republicans-want-greenland-debate-resolved-very-soon-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-want-greenland-debate-resolved-very-soon-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans want Greenland debate resolved &#8216;very soon&#8217;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frepublicans-want-greenland-debate-resolved-very-soon-7%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=2545471&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>Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack told C-SPAN that he&#8217;s unsure how the political fight over Greenland will end but that Republicans want it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-cop-placed-on-leave-for-praying-in-front-of-abortion-clinic-will-return-to-work\/\" title=\"Kentucky Cop Placed On Leave For Praying In Front Of Abortion Clinic Will Return To Work\">resolved quickly<\/a> so it doesn&#8217;t distract from elections. He noted President Trump&#8217;s talk of seeking &#8220;complete and total control of Greenland&#8221; and threats of punitive 10% tariffs on NATO allies that don&#8217;t support the move, while some GOP leaders (including Sen. John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson) have downplayed any notion of a military takeover. Cusack said maintaining a U.S. presence in Greenland &#8220;makes sense&#8221; given Russian and Chinese interest and called the issue a rare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-promise-to-iranian-protesters-poses-significant-political-risks-14\/\" title=\"...&#039;s promise to Iranian protesters poses significant political risks\">high-stakes dilemma<\/a>. He added that tariffs have had mixed effects-spurring some allied defence spending-but that the Greenland flap diverts attention from bread-and-butter economic issues, where Trump is both leveraging and being defensive about his record. Cusack advised Republicans to move the conversation toward concrete solutions rather than let the episode linger into the 2026 campaign season. He also noted reactions from abroad, including criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom of European acquiescence and implicit rebukes of U.S. policy from French President Macron.  <\/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\">Republicans want Greenland debate resolved &lsquo;very soon&rsquo; before midterm elections: Bob Cusack<\/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_2478936\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> executive editor Bob Cusack said Tuesday he doesn&rsquo;t know how the Greenland debate will end, as congressional Republicans are downplaying military action.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has insisted the United States must have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4425112\/trump-escalates-greenland-land-grab-into-transatlantic-crisis\/\">&ldquo;complete and total control of Greenland,&rdquo;<\/a> while threatening to <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-want-greenland-debate-resolved-very-soon\/\" title=\"... want ... resolved &#039;very soon&#039;\">impose punitive&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4426294\/house-blockade-tariff-votes-trump-greenland-threats\/\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">10% tar<\/span>iffs&nbsp;<\/a>on NATO allies that don&rsquo;t back his bid. The president has also told the press that he&rsquo;s &ldquo;done more for NATO than anybody else,&rdquo; while stressing that &ldquo;Greenland is very important.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Cusack said on C-SPAN&rsquo;s <em>Washington Journal<\/em> Tuesday that Trump&rsquo;s use of tariffs is &ldquo;multifaceted,&rdquo; as some of it has paved the way for other countries to boost their defense spending. On Greenland, however, Cusack described it as a &ldquo;once-in-every-25-years dilemma,&rdquo; and said it &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >makes sense&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for the United States to keep its presence in the country since &ldquo;Russia and China have an interest there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And he could move to expand the base, but Trump is certainly doubling down after the successful operation in Venezuela that got Maduro. I think that&rsquo;s emboldened him,&rdquo; Cusack said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But Republicans, I mentioned [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune (R-SD) before, Speaker [Mike] Johnson (R-LA) has said, &lsquo;Oh, we&rsquo;re not talking about militarily taking over Greenland.&rsquo; Trump and the White House have not taken that off the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3332342&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c8b14300193f858e63ac08fa3d7a5036\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;So I don&rsquo;t know how this ends. It is a fascinating issue; it&rsquo;s not a popular issue, so Republicans want it solved or to go away very soon. They don&rsquo;t want to be talking about this in the fall of 2026, a month or two before the election,&rdquo; Cusack said.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack also said the Greenland topic draws focus away from &ldquo;bread and butter issues,&rdquo; saying the Democratic Party didn&rsquo;t focus on this before the 2024 elections. He said that former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4424364\/josh-shapiro-weaken-kamala-harris-2028\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and the Democrats warned that &ldquo;democracy will die&rdquo; if Trump were elected again. Still, Trump campaigned about the Democratic Party&rsquo;s lack of basic issues while also being &ldquo;a better candidate&rdquo; compared to Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Trump&rsquo;s criticism of &ldquo;Bidenomics&rdquo; played a role in his 2024 victory, Cusack said Trump is also being &ldquo;defensive&rdquo; on the economy. As such, Trump is making some of the same mistakes that Biden did.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4423721\/greenland-fantasy-hurting-republicans-harming-america\/\"><strong>GREENLAND FANTASY IS HURTING REPUBLICANS AND HARMING AMERICA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So have some Bill Clinton in you, say &lsquo;I feel your pain,&rsquo; but say, &lsquo;We&rsquo;re doing some things, we&rsquo;ve done some things successfully, but we need to do more.&rsquo; What exactly that &lsquo;more&rsquo; is we don&rsquo;t know yet,&rdquo; Cusack said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), a speculated presidential candidate for 2028, took a swing at European leaders on Tuesday for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4425167\/newsom-rants-european-leaders-rolling-over-trump-handing-out-crowns\/\">&ldquo;rolling over&rdquo; to Trump&rsquo;s demands<\/a>, saying they need to &ldquo;have a backbone&rdquo; if they are nervous about Trump&rsquo;s threats to acquire Greenland. <\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4425231\/macron-swipes-at-imperial-ambitions-tariffs-davos-speech\/\">Macron also dug at Trump&rsquo;s foreign policy strategy<\/a> in his Tuesday World Economic Forum speech, though he didn&rsquo;t mention Trump directly.<\/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>GOP urges quick end to Greenland debate before midterms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2545472,"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\/AP26013752265255-e1768944232994.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71360,50462,47289,3756,32515],"class_list":["post-2545471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arctic-policy","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-greenland","tag-republicans","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013752265255-e1768944232994.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545471","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545475,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545471\/revisions\/2545475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2545472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2545471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2545471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}