From USA TODAY.

Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned U.S. ambassador Ken Howery after President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry the United States’ special envoy to Greenland.

Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a statement Dec. 22 that Landry’s appointment showed that the White House’s interest in the Arctic island, which is rich in natural resources and strategically located, had not gone away. Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, has repeatedly said Greenland is not for sale.

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