In a Truth Social post, Trump announced Gov. Jeff Landry will serve as the United States Special Envoy to Greenland.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as the United States Special Envoy to Greenland.

In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said Landry “understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security” and will work to advance U.S. interests in the region.

Trump’s announcement did not include details about the scope of Landry’s duties or how the role would intersect with his responsibilities as governor.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    8·
    4 hours ago

    Landry “understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security” and will work to advance U.S. interests in the region.

    Well, we all know what that means.

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOP
      13·
      9 hours ago

      What’s the actual plan though? Because it seems like he’s doing that thing where oligarchs don’t send the guy they believe is most capable, they send the guy who’s the most loyal because they know he’s willing to keep his mouth shut about the details and just do as he’s been told.

      Also, there are some odd links between Louisiana and Russia that make the Landry pick possibly even more concerning than if he went with anybody else.

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOP
    212·
    10 hours ago

    Of course! It all makes so much sense. Everything is going so swell in Louisiana right now. Any kind of fucked up reality where this isn’t happening would be chaos.

    We recently saw the guy who created a whooping cough epidemic in Louisiana and got caught trying to cover up the death of infants that occured under his watch at the state health department, then get promoted to number 2 in charge of national health at the CDC.

    The only logical next step is obviously to catapult the guy who created that guy onto an international stage as the envoy to Greenland before we can put a final pin in this magical year🥂

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
      10·
      9 hours ago

      I just want to point out that “political interference with LSU athletics” is sine qua non for any Louisiana governor, not just this guy. This is a state where the LSU football coach is by far the highest paid state employee in the entire state. Huey Long was known to lead the marching band onto the field.

      • bklyn@piefed.socialEnglish
        116·
        9 hours ago

        LSU?

        do you thin that, when you very survival is on the line, you have time to consider your mythical legends?

        • mkwt@lemmy.world
          51·
          9 hours ago

          What? LSU coaches are of course not immune from criticism, from anyone. The hot seat is real, and the school has committed to some massive contract buy-outs lately.

          I’m just saying that the LSU coaching job is an inherently political position in the state; it’s been that way for a long time; and it’s by no means unique to Jeff Landry.