Greenland: Denmark says US must respect its territorial integrity after Trump appoints envoy

Copenhagen, Denmark
AP
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The Danish foreign minister said Monday his country insists that everyone, including the United States, must respect “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark” after President Donald Trump ‍announced the appointment of Louisiana’s governor as the US ‌special envoy to Greenland.

Trump called repeatedly during his presidential transition and the early months of his second term for US jurisdiction over Greenland, a vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island.

In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote US…