Greenland is back in the news cycle.
As WLT Report previously reported, on Sunday, President Trump announced he has selected Republican Governor Jeff Landry to be the U.S. special Envoy to Greenland.
Leaders of Denmark which technically still has control over Greenland has released a response which reflects they are not too fond of Trumps’ move.
The Associated Press reported more on Greenland’s response:
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.
Trump’s announcement on Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would be the U.S. special envoy prompted a new flare-up of tensions over Washington’s interest in the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO ally. Denmark’s foreign minister said in comments to Danish broadcasters that he plans to summon the U.S. ambassador.
”We have said it before. Now, we say it again. National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said in a joint statement. “They are fundamental principles. You cannot annex another country. Not even with an argument about international security.”
“Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland,” they added in the statement, emailed by Frederiksen’s office. “We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.”
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Trump called repeatedly during his presidential transition and the early months of his second term for U.S. jurisdiction over Greenland, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island. In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting there.
Take a look at Trump’s statement here:Here’s Landry’s response to his new appointment:
Trump's new Greenland envoy takes his position 'to make Greenland a part of the US'
'This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!' https://t.co/gj9iErKKvD pic.twitter.com/Va0ExcLCAM
— RT (@RT_com) December 22, 2025
Many Americans are in support of the U.S. to gain control of Greenland:
USA Today reported Denmark has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Denmark after Trump’s move:
Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry the United States’ special envoy to Greenland.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a statement Dec. 22 that Landry’s appointment showed that the White House’s interest in the Arctic island, which is rich in natural resources and strategically located, had not gone away. Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, has repeatedly said Greenland is not for sale.
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“We insist that everyone including the U.S. − must show respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Rasmussen said. A day earlier, Trump wrote in a post on his social media website Truth Social that “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World.”
Greenland is controlled by Denmark, though the territory has its own local government. Greenland prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in a separate statement, said the island would decide its own future.
Tensions between Copenhagen and Washington have soured amid Trump’s stated interest in taking control of Greenland. Earlier in December, Denmark’s intelligence services for the first time described the United States as a potential threat to its national security because of the Trump administration’s apparent willingness to use economic and military coercion and pressure “to enforce its will,” even against allies.
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