Danish foreign minister ‘deeply angered’ by move to send special envoy to territory Trump has threatened to annex
Denmark has said it will summon the US ambassador after Donald Trump announced he had appointed a special envoy to Greenland, the Danish autonomous territory he has threatened to annex.
“I am deeply angered by the appointment and the statement, which I find totally unacceptable,” the Danish foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, told Denmark’s TV2 in an interview, adding that the foreign ministry would call in the US ambassador in the coming days “to get an explanation”.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly said the US needs the resource-rich island for security reasons and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it.
Trump announced early on Monday that he had named the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as US special envoy to Greenland. “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
