Jeff Landry thanks Trump for the Greenland agreement and says it will keep adversaries from an Arctic foothold
Jeff LandryGovernor of Louisiana and U.S. Special Envoy to Greenland, on his verified X account (@JeffLandry), whose bio lists both roles
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, whom Trump named U.S. special envoy to Greenland in December 2025, posted on X thanking Trump for his leadership on the agreement. He wrote that it will advance the security interests of the United States, Greenland and Denmark and "prevent our common adversaries from gaining a foothold in the Arctic."
“Thank you President @RealDonaldTrump for your incredible leadership on this critical issue! You have once again proven your detractors wrong and have delivered an incredible victory for the American people. This agreement will advance the security interests of the United States, Greenland, and Denmark and prevent our common adversaries from gaining a foothold in the Arctic.”
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Trump’s “permanent control” description of the announced U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement
On September 18, 2026, President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he said gives the United States “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland.” Danish and Greenlandic officials initially described an expected agreement and emphasized sovereignty and self-determination. On September 22, the White House published an agreement text dated that day. It reaffirms Denmark’s sovereignty and Greenland’s right to self-determination; provides for U.S. defense areas and access under stated procedures; bars non-NATO states from establishing military installations unless the parties agree otherwise; and has no end date. The text says it enters into force only after diplomatic notice of necessary parliamentary procedures. The dispute remains over how Trump’s “permanent control” description compares with the document’s terms.
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Landry's own long-form post on his X account @JeffLandry (bio: U.S. Special Envoy to Greenland, 57th Governor of Louisiana; verified individual account). It has two attached images, which are screenshots of Trump's Truth Social announcement. The post is timestamped 21:57:58 UTC and shows no edits. The account is Landry's personal-brand account, not the state's official governor account (@LAGovJeffLandry, linked from gov.louisiana.gov). The post ends with two flag emoji (U.S., Greenland), which are not part of the quotation. We did not save an archive copy of the post.
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Context source for the announcement that prompted the statement; it records no statement by the speaker of this event. The full text and the 5:18 PM EDT timestamp (21:18:49 UTC) are cited from the trumpstruth.org archive page for the same post ID (117294126158197822, status 41803), which links to the original. We could not read the original post on Truth Social. The same text appears in the screenshot images posted by @RapidResponse47 (quoted by Jim Banks) and attached to Jeff Landry's X post.
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Reuters report carried on nbcnews.com (Dec. 21, 2025, 10:44 PM EST; updated Dec. 22, 2025). Used only to confirm Landry's roles as governor and special envoy; it predates and does not concern the September 2026 agreement.
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Context source only; it records no statement by the speaker of this event. It says Trump's announcement came ahead of the official text being released and, citing the Danish Prime Minister's Office statement, that the three governments were expected to sign the following week at the UN General Assembly. As of September 19, 2026, we found no Greenland text or fact sheet on the State Department press-releases list or the White House briefings and fact-sheets lists.
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At 5:18 PM EDT on September 18, 2026, President Trump announced on Truth Social an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he said gives the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland. Landry, whom Trump named special envoy to Greenland in December 2025, posted at 5:57 PM EDT with two screenshots of Trump's announcement attached.
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In an article updated at 8:16 AM EDT on September 19, CNN reported that the official text of the agreement had not been released and that the United States, Greenland and Denmark were expected to sign it the following week at the UN General Assembly, according to the Danish Prime Minister's Office.
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Landry thanks Trump for "incredible leadership on this critical issue," says Trump has "delivered an incredible victory for the American people," and says the agreement will advance the security interests of the United States, Greenland and Denmark and "prevent our common adversaries from gaining a foothold in the Arctic," which endorses the deal and matches the adversary provision in Trump's description. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, because Landry describes the benefit as shared among the three parties rather than as U.S. control. That loses because he does not dispute Trump's description and expresses unqualified approval of the agreement.
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