Kennedy says military action on Greenland would be 'weapons-grade stupid' as GOP resists force

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Congressional Republicans aren’t warming to using military action to take a long-sought prize of President Donald Trump: Greenland. The colossal, resource-rich arctic island reentered the Trump administration’s orbit following the successful capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with top officials like White House Deputy Chief of Staff of policy Stephen Miller reiterating earlier this week that it was the position of the U.S. government that "Greenland should be part of the United States." While the GOP has largely championed the Trump administration’s recent military action in Venezuela, lawmakers aren’t keen on replicating the same tactics to capture the Danish territory. TOP CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT GREENLAND AMID INTERNATIONAL FEARS AS TRUMP EYES NATO-LINKED TERRITORY President Donald Trump himself has not made a push for military action there, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not rule it out during a news briefing on Tuesday. "All options are always on the table for President Trump as he examines what's in the best interests of the United States," Leavitt said. "But I will just say that the president's first option always has been diplomacy." Wednesday saw several Trump administration officials provide closed-door, classified briefings on both sides of the Capitol on the strikes, next steps and possible exit strategy in Venezuela. Several Republicans would not say afterward whether the topic of Greenland came up in the meeting, with many reiterating that any military action would be taboo, given that the island is a territory of Denmark, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally. "To invade Greenland and attack its sovereignty, a fellow NATO country, would be weapons-grade stupid," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital. "President Trump is not weapons-grade stupid, nor is Marco Rubio ." Miller’s comments triggered rebuttals from several of America’s European allies, who in a joint statement on Tuesday co…