President Donald Trump still wants the United States to acquire Greenland, U.S. special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry said on July 1.
Landry, a Republican who also serves as Louisiana’s governor, told Breitbart’s Alex Marlow that he had recently spoken with Trump, who confirmed he was still very interested in acquiring the Arctic territory, which currently belongs to Denmark.
Asked by Marlow about the situation regarding the huge island, Landry said Trump spoke to him on Saturday night and told him, “We need to get Greenland.”
“He’s not forgotten about it,” the governor added.
“And here’s the great news, after visiting Greenland, here’s what I will tell you, the people of Greenland want to be with the United States, they want a closer relationship with the United States, they want more English teachers, they want more military presence in Greenland, they want to free themselves from Danish control, and so now it’s a matter of just making that happen, and I think it’s easy.”…