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EUROPE STANDS WITH GREENLAND AS TRUMP THREAT RETURNS  
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Ketrin Jochecová
December 23, 2025
Politico
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_ Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy reignites a fight
over the Arctic island. _

Jeff Landry said he would travel to Greenland to convince locals to
become part of the United States., Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty
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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
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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
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would travel to Greenland to convince locals to become part of the
United States.“There is no better flag for freedom and opportunity
than the flag of the United States. I look forward to sharing that
message with the people of Greenland,” Landry said in a post on X
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Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen reacted with anger
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to the announcement and summoned U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery
for a dressing down. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called the
appointment “completely unacceptable.”
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previously attempted to buy Greenland, but both Danish and Greenlandic
politicians have repeatedly said
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that the mineral-rich island is not for sale. Back in January the
American leader didn’t rule out taking the island by military force
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Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen lamented the power games being
played over the future of his Arctic homeland.“Sad, because the U.S.
president once again expressed a desire to take over Greenland at a
press conference last night. With such words, our country is reduced
to a question of security and power. That is not how we see ourselves,
and that is not how we in Greenland can or should be spoken about,”
Nielsen said in a post on social media
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In a new development, Greenland’s foreign minister, Vivian
Motzfeldt, said on Tuesday that Howery had recently visited Nuuk but
had not mentioned Trump’s plans to appoint Landry.

“The Government of Greenland has not been informed that the United
States would appoint a special envoy to Greenland,” Motzfeldt wrote
in a press release
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adding that Howery had not mentioned the plan at a meeting. “This is
not an expression of trust,” she added.“In Greenland, nothing has
changed. The future of our country is determined by the Greenlandic
people. We are not Danes. We are not Americans, and we do not want to
become one. We are Inuiaat Kalaallit, we are the Greenlandic people.
Our land is ours and others will not control or own it.”Several
European leaders reacted to Landry’s nomination by expressing
solidarity with Greenlanders.

“Greenland belongs to its people,” French President Emmanuel
Macron stated in a post
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stands as its guarantor.”European Commission President Ursula von
der Leyen noted that territorial integrity and sovereignty were
fundamental principles of international law.“We stand in full
solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland,” she wrote on
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_Jakob Weizman contributed reporting._

* Greenland; Denmark; United States; Trump
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