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Dulcinea

(9,600 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2025, 08:00 AM Yesterday

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Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy [View all]

(BBC) Donald Trump has sparked a fresh row with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the vast Arctic island he has said he would like to annex.

In response to a question from the BBC about the new role of Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, Trump said the US needed Greenland for "national protection" and that "we have to have it".

Landry, he said, would "lead the charge" as special envoy to Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The move has angered Copenhagen, which said it would call the US ambassador for "an explanation". Greenland's prime minister said the island must "decide our own future" and its "territorial integrity must be respected".

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-envoy-greenland-sparks-fresh-122657921.html

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Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy [View all] Dulcinea Yesterday OP

And all the oil and mineral rights of every country in the world. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #1

He is a danger to himself and others, pukes need to remove this psycho before he gets us all nuked. Blues Heron Yesterday #2

You cover up pedophilia and murder in El Salvador by stealing a country? BOSSHOG Yesterday #3

Jeff Landry is going to FAIL as the "Special Chump Envoy" so when does he get fired? FakeNoose Yesterday #4

Dip shitus says we were probably there 300 yrs ago with boats. Historic NY Yesterday #5

He is trying to deflect from the Epstein files Baitball Blogger Yesterday #6

Ugh! Not this bullshit again. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #7

US has a base in Greenland. Putin would probably prefer for it to not be there. Blumancru Yesterday #8

I just had a flash of a young child screaming in the grocery aisle milestogo Yesterday #9

A possible scenario. GCG Yesterday #10

MaddowBlog-In a weird move, Trump taps Louisiana's Landry to serve as a special envoy to Greenland LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #11

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