By Diyar Guldogan
WASHINGTON (AA) - The US needs Greenland for national security reasons, President Donald Trump said Monday.
"We need Greenland for national protection," Trump told reporters in the state of Florida, pointing to what he described as a lack of military protection by Denmark, which governs the semi-autonomous territory.
His remarks came after he named Jeff Landry, the governor of the state of Louisiana, as Washington's special envoy to Greenland.
Trump called Landry "a great guy. He's a deal guy."
"We need Greenland for national security, not for minerals...We need Greenland for national security. And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast, you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need it for national security. We have to have it...Greenland's a big deal," he added.