Jeff Landry to visit Greenland as US special envoy

14 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 30

Landry, Louisiana's governor, is due in Nuuk on 19-20 May for the Future Greenland business conference, his first trip to the Arctic territory in the role.
President Donald Trump appointed him envoy in December, and his visit comes as relations between Washington and Copenhagen remain strained.
His appearance on the conference guest list signals a higher-profile US presence in Greenland, a strategically important Arctic island within the Danish kingdom.

Is the US push for Greenland a national security imperative or a new form of resource colonialism?

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Can Greenland unlock its mineral wealth without triggering an environmental catastrophe in the Arctic?

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