President Donald Trump said 'we need Greenland for national security' and denies it is due to the minerals there. The island is a territory of Denmark

“​​We have to have it,” Trump told reporters when asked about his decision to name Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland. In his own statement about his new role, Landry explicitly stated that his goal is to “make Greenland a part of the U.S.”