Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland NYT | Top Stories By: Amelia Nierenberg, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli 22 December 2025 at 21:18 President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana’s governor for the new position. Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesGovernor Jeff Landry of Louisiana, right, with President Trump at the White House in March.