Trump says the US 'has to have' Greenland
· Yahoo NewsSTORY: :: Trump says the U.S. needs to have Greenland for national security:: December 22, 2025:: Palm Beach, FloridaREPORTER: "Sir, you've named Governor Landry to be new special envoy to Greenland. How do you, what do you see that role entailing? What is your intention with that?"TRUMP: "Well, he called me. He viewed Louisiana, the Louisiana Purchase. He said, I'm governor of Louisiana. And he said, I would love I didn't call him. He called me. He's very proactive. He's a great guy. He's a deal guy. He's a deal maker type guy, and we need it for national protection. We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population and I don't know, they say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection. They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too, I'm sure, so we'll have to work it all out. But he, he felt very strongly about it. We need it for national security. We need Greenland for national security, not for minerals. We have some. We have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything. We have more oil than any other country in the world. We need Greenland for national security. And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast. You have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need it for national security. We have to have it. And he wanted to lead the charge. So we're making him Marco today, special envoy to Greenland. Greenland is a big deal.Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, drawing renewed criticism from Denmark and Greenland over Washington's interest in the mineral-rich Arctic island.