Raw Story: ‘A lot of anxiety’ — Top senators fear Trump’s serious about grabbing Greenland
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By Matt Laslo
WASHINGTON — Greenland’s the talk of the town, which even has many Republicans nervous.
“The rhetoric going on now is irresponsible,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told Raw Story.
The rhetoric — including the White House declaring “all options” are on the table when it comes to obtaining the Danish-governed territory — has only been ratcheting up since last weekend, when President Donald Trump deployed the U.S. military to invade Venezuela and capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
“You have to take it more seriously than we did six months ago,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Raw Story.
“Did you see this coming with Maduro?” Raw Story pressed.
“I'm still so naive that I took them at their word during their classified briefing in December when they told us they weren't interested in regime change,” Murphy said. “Yeah, it's hard to take any of this seriously, given that they have had very little compunction misleading us in the past.”
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