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    January 11, 2026 / 1:15 PM EST / CBS News   
      
      
   Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday that he believes there would be   
   bipartisan opposition to the use of American forces as part of an effort to   
   take Greenland.   
      
   "I think Congress will stop him, both Democrats and Republicans," the   
   Virginia senator said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."   
      
   President Trump has long signaled he wants an American takeover of the   
   world's largest island, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. He doubled   
   down on Jan. 9, saying "I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we   
   don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way."   
      
   Kaine said neither option would be acceptable. He cited Denmark's long   
   history as a NATO ally.   
      
   "We're not going to do it the hard way, and we're not gonna do it the easy   
   way either. We're going to continue to work with Denmark as a sovereign   
   nation that we're allied with, and we're not going to treat them as an   
   adversary or as an enemy," Kaine said.   
      
   Leaders in both Denmark and Greenland have decried Mr. Trump's plan.   
   Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four party leaders said   
   in a statement Friday night that, "We don't want to be Americans, we don't   
   want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders."   
      
   Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that an American   
   takeover of Greenland would mark the end of the 76-year-old NATO alliance.   
   Kaine echoed those comments Sunday on "Face the Nation."   
      
   "This would be disastrous. It wouldn't just be America first, it wouldn't   
   just be the end of NATO, it would be America alone. If we take our best   
   allies—and Denmark has been an ally for a very long time," Kaine said,   
   predicting the U.S. would be "isolated as a pariah."   
      
   Kaine said he has talked to Republican colleagues who are in agreement that   
   the threat of U.S. military action in Greenland should be off the table.   
      
   "I can tell you this, we will force a vote in the Senate about no U.S.   
   military action in Greenland or Denmark," Kaine said. "If we need to, we   
   will get overwhelming bipartisan support that this president is foolish to   
   even suggest this."   
      
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