New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Republican United States Representative Randy Fine on Monday, January 12, introduced the ' Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act'. If passed, the Act would make way for President Donald Trump to takeover the country, strengthening the annexation bid. In a statement, Randy Fine said the US is pursuing Greenland because, he argued, whoever controls the country also controls key shipping lanes.

Terming Greenland a "national security asset", Randy Fine said, "Greenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore."

"Whoever controls Greenland controls key Arctic shipping lanes and the security architecture protecting the United States. America cannot leave that future in the hands of regimes that despise our value...