The saga of President Donald Trump’s quest for Greenland continues with a new chapter.
In the last chapter, the Danes were in hysterics over Trump naming Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland. Special envoys are agents appointed as the president’s personal representative and are often appointed in response to congressional or public attention to a particular region or issue. As I noted then:
Unless the map of the Arctic changes significantly due to a seismic event, I suspect that the Trump administration will continue to give Greenland all the attention that it warrants…with or without Denmark’s approval.
It looks like I was right, as this weekend Trump underscored the concept that he viewed a more robust U.S. relationship with Greenland a national security issue.
On Sunday evening, after Ms. Frederiksen’s statement, Mr. Trump doubled down. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” he told reporters on Air Force One, seemingly emboldened after the American raid on Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro, its authoritarian leader, and his wife...
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