Trump’s Greenland Envoy Landry Arrives in Nuuk For 1st Trip to Island

Gov. Landry anticipates talk of business opportunities, possible medical support, and more in a visit involving State Department officials.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry waits to be interviewed by Harris Faulkner of "The Faulkner Focus" live from Southern University after receiving the school's first Chancellor's Award for Excellence and Lifetime Achievement in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 24, 2025. Peter Forest/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the United States’ special envoy to Greenland, described his plans for his inaugural trip to the Danish territory, scheduled for May 17 through May 20.

He said his trip will be confined to Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, where he arrived on May 17. According to Landry, it will center on the annual Future Greenland conference, a forum for discussing business opportunities on the world’s largest island.