Blake Moore’s Job as Co-Chair of a Denmark Caucus Just Got Harder

The Republican said he’s spent the week reassuring Danish officials as President Donald Trump expresses a desire to acquire Greenland.

Rep. Blake Moore

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When Utah Republican Rep. Blake Moore was asked to be the Republican co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Denmark Caucus, he expected it to be a mellow role in which he could honor his family’s roots.

But now that the U.S.-Denmark relationship is under strain as President Donald Trump repeatedly expresses interest in acquiring Greenland, it has grown into a more significant role.

“I didn’t, you know, plan on it being such a Danish-heavy year,” Moore, also the vice chair of the House Republican Conference, told NOTUS.