From PBS NewsHour.

House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to speculate Wednesday on the likelihood of President Donald Trump attempting to send U.S. military forces into Greenland, but did suggest Congress would not have to approve any such move.

PBS News Hour correspondent Lisa Desjardins asked Johnson to clarify whether a U.S. military operation in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, would have to be approved by Congress.

“Under Article Two… the president has broad authority as the commander-in-chief as all previous presidents have,” Johnson told Desjardins.

Johnson said that no one could “forecast” what would happen with Greenland, which Trump has alternately said he might try to secure for the U.S. through the military or by buying the territory.

The Constitution provides only Congress with the ability to declare war, but Johnson said “there is no scenario where we would be at war with Greenland.”

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