Don Bacon on Trump's Threats to Canada & Greenland: 'Fair Game to Say We Disagree'

Opposition to Annexation Amendment

• 🎯 Rep. Adam Smith introduced an amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense and the President from using military force to seize territory from Canada, Panama, or Greenland.
• 💡 Smith argued that such actions would undermine the rules-based international order established after World War I, jeopardizing global security and providing justification for actions by leaders like Putin and Xi.
• ⚠️ He emphasized that the countries in question do not pose a national security threat and that the US would be acting like Putin by threatening weaker neighbors.

Concerns Over Tying Military Hands

• ✋ Rep. Don Bacon viewed the amendment as a messaging tool with real-world consequences that could tie the military's hands.
• 🛡️ Bacon argued the amendment could prevent the US from honoring NATO Article 5 commitments or defending its own troops and citizens if bases in Greenland or transit through the Panama Canal were threatened.
• 🤝 He proposed a