President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for US control over Greenland on Monday, after announcing plans to appoint Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to the island.
“We need it for national security,” Trump said.
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#Denmark & #Greenland on Monday reacted with anger to Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland, as he intensifies his efforts to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
#Trump announced Sunday he was appointing Louisiana Gov #JeffLandry, a political ally, to the position. Denmark’s foreign minister quickly criticized the move as “totally unacceptable” & said he would summon the #US ambassador in Copenhagen for an explanation.
#geopolitics #imperialism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/world/europe/trump-special-envoy-greenland-denmark-landry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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How quickly does he think these things can be built? Quite apart from all the fantasy / science fiction stuff he wants included; and I assume that stuff has to be tested too. Do #Trump and his acolytes really believe they own and run the world? #Greenland takeover again 🤬 #Venezuela piracy & murders 🤬 #Somalia, #Uganda, #Israel & #Gaza etc. And the whole tarriffs mess. Will there even be elections again in the #USA? Or has the country become an autocracy/dictatorship? https://journa.host/@w7voa/115765257533043721
How quickly does he think these things can be built? Quite apart from all the fantasy / science fiction stuff he wants included; and I assume that stuff has to be tested too. Do #Trump and his acolytes really believe they own and run the world? #Greenland takeover again 🤬 #Venezuela piracy & murders 🤬 #Somalia, #Uganda, #Israel & #Gaza etc. And the whole tarriffs mess. Will there even be elections again in the #USA? Or has the country become an autocracy/dictatorship? https://journa.host/@w7voa/115765257533043721
“We decide our future ourselves,” Nielsen said.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, told Danish television on Monday that he was “deeply upset” by Trump’s announcement & that he planned to summon Ken Howery, who became the American ambassador to #Denmark in October.
#geopolitics #Greenland #US #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
The Danish government has twice this year summoned #US diplomats to complain about reports that the United States was spying & running a covert influence campaign in #Greenland. Earlier this month, in a first for the Danish government, Denmark’s #military #intelligence said that shifts in US policy were generating new uncertainties for Denmark’s security.
#geopolitics #Denmark #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
“You cannot annex other countries,” #Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen & #Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement on Monday. “Not even by invoking international security. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, & the #UnitedStates must not take over Greenland.”
Nielsen added in a statement on FB that the appointment “may sound big,” but “doesn’t change anything for us at home.”
#geopolitics #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
“We decide our future ourselves,” Nielsen said.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, told Danish television on Monday that he was “deeply upset” by Trump’s announcement & that he planned to summon Ken Howery, who became the American ambassador to #Denmark in October.
#geopolitics #Greenland #US #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
#JeffLandry quickly made it clear that he understood what #Trump wanted from him, writing on X: “It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make #Greenland a part of the #US.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security.”
But the appointment drew condemnation from Greenland & further deteriorated the relationship between the US & #Denmark, which used to be close allies.
“You cannot annex other countries,” #Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen & #Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement on Monday. “Not even by invoking international security. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, & the #UnitedStates must not take over Greenland.”
Nielsen added in a statement on FB that the appointment “may sound big,” but “doesn’t change anything for us at home.”
#geopolitics #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
It appeared to be the first time the #US had appointed a special envoy to #Greenland. That gives the territory — a gigantic frozen island inhabited by fewer than 60,000 people — something in common with the war in #Ukraine, the conflicts in the #MiddleEast, & a handful of other issues; #Trump has tapped someone close to him to manage all of these as priorities.
#geopolitics #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
#JeffLandry quickly made it clear that he understood what #Trump wanted from him, writing on X: “It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make #Greenland a part of the #US.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security.”
But the appointment drew condemnation from Greenland & further deteriorated the relationship between the US & #Denmark, which used to be close allies.
#Denmark & #Greenland on Monday reacted with anger to Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland, as he intensifies his efforts to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
#Trump announced Sunday he was appointing Louisiana Gov #JeffLandry, a political ally, to the position. Denmark’s foreign minister quickly criticized the move as “totally unacceptable” & said he would summon the #US ambassador in Copenhagen for an explanation.
#geopolitics #imperialism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/world/europe/trump-special-envoy-greenland-denmark-landry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
It appeared to be the first time the #US had appointed a special envoy to #Greenland. That gives the territory — a gigantic frozen island inhabited by fewer than 60,000 people — something in common with the war in #Ukraine, the conflicts in the #MiddleEast, & a handful of other issues; #Trump has tapped someone close to him to manage all of these as priorities.
#geopolitics #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange
#Denmark & #Greenland on Monday reacted with anger to Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland, as he intensifies his efforts to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
#Trump announced Sunday he was appointing Louisiana Gov #JeffLandry, a political ally, to the position. Denmark’s foreign minister quickly criticized the move as “totally unacceptable” & said he would summon the #US ambassador in Copenhagen for an explanation.
#geopolitics #imperialism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/world/europe/trump-special-envoy-greenland-denmark-landry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share