US envoy: Greenland ‘was not on a map’ until Trump ‘put it on a map’
International US envoy: Greenland ‘was not on a map’ until Trump ‘put it on a map’ Comments: by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) claimed that Greenland “was not on a map” until President Trump “put it on a map,” comments that follow rhetoric for months from the president to acquire the island. “What I’ve found, that Greenland was not on a map, until Donald Trump put it on a map,” Landry, who is also Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, said in a clip posted to the social platform X on Tuesday.
- ▪International US envoy: Greenland ‘was not on a map’ until Trump ‘put it on a map’ Comments: by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Louisiana Gov.
- ▪Jeff Landry (R) claimed that Greenland “was not on a map” until President Trump “put it on a map,” comments that follow rhetoric for months from the president to acquire the island.
- ▪“What I’ve found, that Greenland was not on a map, until Donald Trump put it on a map,” Landry, who is also Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, said in a clip posted to the social platform X on Tuesday.
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International US envoy: Greenland ‘was not on a map’ until Trump ‘put it on a map’ Comments: by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Tara Suter - 05/20/26 8:33 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) claimed that Greenland “was not on a map” until President Trump “put it on a map,” comments that follow rhetoric for months from the president to acquire the island. “What I’ve found, that Greenland was not on a map, until Donald Trump put it on a map,” Landry, who is also Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, said in a clip posted to the social platform X on Tuesday. “In other words, the United States, before Donald Trump, had basically ignored this place,” he added.
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