December  23, 2025

European leaders moved swiftly to back Greenland on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump named a special envoy to the Arctic island, sparking a new diplomatic frenzy on the continent.

Trump’s appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his envoy to Greenland marks another move in his gambit to annex the self-governing Danish territory. The U.S. “has to have Greenland for national security,” Trump said at a press conference on Monday.

Landry said he would travel to Greenland to convince locals to become part of the United States.

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