Trump Taps Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Envoy (1)

President Donald Trump said he’s nominating Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as US special envoy to Greenland, in the latest signal that the president retains designs on increasing American influence over the island he’s suggested he wants to purchase.

“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 said in a social media post Sunday evening.

The post would be a new one for the US, which has an ambassador to Denmark. Greenland is an autonomous Danish dependent territory ...