GA Congressman Proposes Bill To Buy Greenland, Name It 'Red, White And Blueland'

ATLANTA, GA — U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter on Wednesday introduced a bill that would allow President Donald Trump to acquire and rename Greenland to "Red, White and Blueland."

Carter, a Republican who represents Georgia's 1st Congressional District, said the bill will be known as the "Red, White and Blueland Act of 2025."

“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White and Blueland," Carter said in a statement. "President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”

According to the bill, Trump will be able to purchase or obtain Greenland through negotiations with Denmark government officials. Greenland is in the Arctic and is known as the largest international island.

Greenland is largely covered by a sheet of ice, but has a wealth of oil, natural gas and mineral resources, experts said. And it hosts the northernmost U.S. military base. Minerals that the U.S. and other countries would like to tap include rare earth elements, Jose W. Fernandez, the U.S. Department of State's undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, said.

CBS News reported Greenland may have significant reserves of up to 31 different minerals, including lithium and graphite, both of which are needed to make electric vehicle batteries, such as those in Tesla vehicles made by Trump backer and Tesla owner Elon Musk.

In a January BBC report, Trump voiced his belief that the U.S. would secure Greenland. He first announced his intentions during his first presidential term, desiring for the U.S. to own Greenland for international security, BBC reported.

Contrastingly, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenland "was not for sale," BBC reported.

"I don't really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn't allow that to happen because it's for the protection of the free world," Trump said in the report. "I think Greenland we'll get because it has to do with freedom of the world."

About 56,000 people live in Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.