Donald Trump said he is appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland after Landry personally called and asked to “lead the charge,” arguing that Greenland is essential for U.S. national security rather than for mineral or oil exploitation. Trump claimed Denmark has provided “no military protection” there and dismissed historical Danish claims as dating back “300 years” when “we were there with boats, too,” insisting the U.S. “has to have” Greenland because, in his telling, Russian and Chinese ships are “all over the place” up and down its coasts.