US EditionGreenland Hits Back at Trump Comments on Territory
US President Trump named Jeff Landry special envoy to Greenland, citing national security and mineral wealth, sparking diplomatic protests from Denmark and local leaders.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, prompting Denmark to summon the US ambassador to Denmark.
- Security considerations have driven US interest in Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, with President Donald Trump saying, `We need Greenland for national security. Not for minerals.`
- On his appointment, Jeff Landry vowed to make Greenland part of the US, following an August visit by at least three US officials in Nuuk gauging local sentiment.
- The EU responded with support for Denmark, while Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, said he was sad and warned, `Such words reduce our country to a question of security and power...`
- A January poll shows most residents prefer independence yet not US annexation; Greenland's population retains rights under Greenland's 2009 independence agreement while relying on fishing and Danish subsidies.
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Photos show what daily life is like on Greenland, the massive ice-covered island Trump said he wants to acquire
Houses covered by snow in Nuuk, Greenland in 2025.AP Photo/Evgeniy MaloletkaPeople first arrived to Greenland over 4,000 years ago, and it has a unique culture.Its population is mostly Inuit, though it's been part of the Danish kingdom for hundreds of years.There are Scandinavian influences, but Inuit traditions remain strong.President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to acquire Greenland, the world's largest island and an autonomou…
Donald Trump has shaken again Greenland, Denmark and Europe. The US president has stressed his desire to take over the huge island, Denmark’s autonomous territory, and a point of enormous mineral and geographical wealth. “We need Greenland for national security, we have to have it,” he said Monday night in Florida, shortly after appointing a special envoy for the island. This Tuesday, the Greenlandic Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has re…
For months it was quiet around Greenland and Trump's annexation fantasies. Until the US president appointed a special envoy for the Danish island area. A step that is unusual in several ways. And yet fits seamlessly into Trump's strategy.
The decisions concerning the future of Greenland are taking place in this Danish autonomous territory, on Tuesday the Prime Minister of the island, faced with the repeated will of Donald Trump to annex this Danish autonomous territory.
Greenland hits back at Trump comments on territory
Greenland's prime minister has stressed that decisions about the autonomous territory's future would be made on the island, after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for "national security".
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