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Greenland is back in the news cycle. As WLT Report previously reported, on Sunday, President Trump announced he has selected Republican Governor Jeff Landry to be the U.S. special Envoy to Greenland. Leaders of Denmark which technically still has control over Greenland has released a response which reflects they are not too fond of Trumps’ move. The Associated Press reported more on Greenland’s response: The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump ‍announced the appointment of a ‌special envoy to Greenland. Trump’s announcement on Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would be the U.S. special envoy prompted a new flare-up of tensions over Washington’s interest in the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO ally. Denmark’s foreign minister said in comments to Danish broadcasters that he plans to summon the U.S. ambassador. ”We have said it before. Now, we say it again. National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said in a joint statement. “They are fundamental principles. You cannot annex another country. Not even with an argument about international security.” “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland,” they added in the statement, emailed by Frederiksen’s office. “We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.” Trump called repeatedly during his presidential transition and the early months of his second term for U.S. jurisdiction over Greenland, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island. In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting there. Take a look at Trump’s statement here: JUST IN: President Trump appoints Louisiana Governor JEFF LANDRY as special envoy to GREENLAND “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and… pic.twitter.com/x0ijHuIgst — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 22, 2025 Here’s Landry’s response to his new appointment: Trump’s new Greenland envoy takes his position ‘to make Greenland a part of the US’ ‘This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!’ https://t.co/gj9iErKKvD pic.twitter.com/Va0ExcLCAM — RT (@RT_com) December 22, 2025 Many Americans are in support of the U.S. to gain control of Greenland: I am happy to see the Trump Administration isn’t giving up on acquiring Greenland. It should be one of the top goals for the Administration to require Greenland. I would tell NATO that we are done if a deal isn’t reached. There are a lot of reasons why we need to have Greenland. pic.twitter.com/se5dRz50hj — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) December 22, 2025 USA Today reported Denmark has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Denmark after Trump’s move: Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the U.S. ambassador 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. ‘One way or the other’: Five ways Trump’s Greenland saga could play out “We insist that everyone including the U.S. − must show respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Rasmussen said. A day earlier, Trump wrote in a post on his social media website Truth Social that “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World.” Greenland is controlled by Denmark, though the territory has its own local government. Greenland prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in a separate statement, said the island would decide its own future. Tensions between Copenhagen and Washington have soured amid Trump’s stated interest in taking control of Greenland. Earlier in December, Denmark’s intelligence services for the first time described the United States as a potential threat to its national security because of the Trump administration’s apparent willingness to use economic and military coercion and pressure “to enforce its will,” even against allies.

Do you remember in the beginning of President Trump’s presidency Greenland was front and center in the news cycle? I sure do. During the transition months and the first several days in office President Trump hinted the U.S. should take jurisdiction over Greenland. However, in the last several months Greenland the Trump administration has shied away from making any polices or strategic moves regarding Greenland until now. On Sunday, President Trump announced he has selected Republican Governor Jeff Landry to be the U.S. special Envoy to Greenland. Fox News provided more details on President Trump selecting Gov. Landy for the new post: President Donald Trump announced he is tapping Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as U.S. special envoy to Greenland, asserting that the island is key to national security. “I am pleased to announce that I am appointing the GREAT Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as the United States Special Envoy to Greenland. Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World. Congratulations Jeff!” the president said in a Truth Social post. Landry said the new position would not impact his role as governor. “Thank you @realDonaldTrump! It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!” Landry wrote in a post on X. The Republican, who has been serving as governor since early 2024, previously served as Louisiana attorney general and as a lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives. “The appointment confirms the continued American interest in Greenland. However, we insist that everyone – including the U.S. – must show respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Denmark’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen noted in a statement, Reuters reported. Trump has expressed ambitions for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” he asserted in part of a December 2024 Truth Social post. “Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!” he declared in a January 2025 Truth Social post. Take a look: President Trump has appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland. pic.twitter.com/8lxk0T6Ana — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 22, 2025 AP reported on Trump’s previous stance on Greenland: Trump during his presidential transition and in the early months of his return to the White House repeatedly called for U.S. jurisdiction over Greenland, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island. The issue had drifted out of the headlines in recent months, but in August, Danish officials summoned the U.S. ambassador following a report that at least three people with connections to Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland. Earlier this year, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base on the island and accused Denmark of underinvesting there. Trump has said that Greenland is crucial for U.S. security and hasn’t ruled out taking the island by military force, even though Denmark is a NATO ally of the U.S. Landry took office as governor in January 2024. His term ends in January 2028. “It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.,” Landry wrote in a posting on X in which he thanked Trump for the appointment. He added, “This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!” Denmark, a NATO ally of the U.S., and Greenland have said the island is not for sale and condemned reports of the U.S. gathering intelligence there. The U.S. push for Greenland is also opposed by Russia and much of Europe.

Vice President JD Vance had some choice words for Nick Fuentes… During an interview on Friday with UnHeard, Vance condemned Fuentes (and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki) for insulting his wife. He said they can “eat sh*t” and that’s his “official policy as vice president of the United States.” JUST IN: JD Vance says Nick Fuentes can “eat sh*t” after Fuentes attacked Vance’s wife, Usha “Let me be clear. Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat sh*t. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States,” Vance… pic.twitter.com/aSeZwjrpWF — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 22, 2025 JUST IN: JD Vance says Nick Fuentes can “eat sh*t” after Fuentes attacked Vance’s wife, Usha “Let me be clear. Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat sh*t. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States,” Vance told UnHerd Incredibly based, Vice President. For reference, Nick Fuentes has attacked JD Vance’s wife over her Indian heritage. Later on in the interview, JD Vance downplayed Nick Fuentes’ influence on the conservative movement as whole. He essentially called the focus on podcasters like Fuentes a distraction from talking about real policy. Here’s more from JD Vance’s exclusive interview with UnHerd: JD Vance has for months faced mounting pressure to censure Nicholas J. Fuentes and his army of boisterously racist and antisemitic supporters, known as Groypers. Speaking exclusively to UnHerd at the vice president’s residence on Friday, he doesn’t mince his words. “Let me be clear,” he says. “Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki [the former Biden press secretary] or Nick Fuentes, can eat shit. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States.” “Antisemitism, and all forms of ethnic hatred,” he says, “have no place in the conservative movement. Whether you’re attacking somebody because they’re white or because they’re black or because they’re Jewish, I think it’s disgusting.”… Says Vance: “I think that Nick Fuentes, his influence within Donald Trump’s administration, and within a whole host of institutions on the Right, is vastly overstated, and frankly, it’s overstated by people who want to avoid having a foreign-policy conversation about America’s relationship with Israel.” That is, the Hitler-praising Groyper king functions as a useful foil for pro-Israel hard-liners in the Right’s raucous internal debate over America’s alliance with the Jewish state. During the interview, JD Vance also defended Tucker Carlson against attackers who have branded him an anti-semite. JD Vance — while spouting harsh words for Nick Fuentes — vigorously defends Tucker Carlson. He says efforts to eject him from decent society are part of an effort to avoid debates on the role of the US in the Middle East and with respect to Israel.https://t.co/Hv2QDKMZ4G pic.twitter.com/IVFiP8Sjet — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 22, 2025 Read what Vance had to say about Tucker Carlson here: Tucker Carlson, for example, gets a robust defense from Vance. “Tucker’s a friend of mine,” he tells me. “And do I have disagreements with Tucker Carlson? Sure. I have disagreements with most of my friends, especially those who work in politics. You know this. Most people who know me know this. I’m [also] a very loyal person, and I am not going to get into the business of throwing friends under the bus.” He goes on: “The idea that Tucker Carlson — who has one of the largest podcasts in the world, who has millions of listeners, who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election, who supported me in the 2024 election — the idea that his views are somehow completely anathema to conservatism, that he has no place in the conservative movement, is frankly absurd. And I don’t think anybody actually believes it.” What’s really afoot, he thinks, is “gatekeeping”, and people are “trying to settle their own ideological scores” — especially with respect to Washington’s policies in the Middle East. “I happen to believe that Israel is an important ally, and that there are certain things that we’re certainly going to work together on,” Vance says. “But we’re also going to have very substantive disagreements with Israel, and that’s OK. And we should be able to say, ‘We agree with Israel on that issue, and we disagree with Israel on this other issue.’ Having that conversation is, I think, much less comfortable for a lot of people, because they want to focus on Nick Fuentes.” Fuentes thus refracts — and, with his noxious rhetoric, distorts — a legitimate discontent. Says Vance: “99% of Republicans, and I think probably 97% of Democrats, do not hate Jewish people for being Jewish. What is actually happening is that there is a real backlash to a consensus view in American foreign policy. I think we ought to have that conversation and not try to shut it down. Most Americans are not antisemitic, they’re never going to be antisemitic, and I think we should focus on the real debate.” What about Fuentes’s promotion of an overt white racial politics, complete with liberal use of the N-word? Is Vance worried by that stuff? Yes — but he believes there have been far worse offenders who got away with racial politics in recent years, because their version of it was aligned with elite prerogatives and progressive moral hierarchies. “Let’s say you believe, as I do, that racism is bad, that we should judge people according to their deeds and not their ethnicity,” he later adds. “Is Nick Fuentes really the problem in this country? He’s a podcaster. He has a dedicated group of young fans, and some of them have been shitty to my friends and family” — not least, Mrs Vance. “Does that annoy me? Of course. But let’s keep some perspective. For the past five to 10 years, I’ve watched one-half of our political leadership go all in on the idea that discriminating against whites in college admissions and jobs is not just OK, but affirmatively good.” He goes on: “If you believe racism is bad, Fuentes should occupy one second of your focus, and the people with actual political power who worked so hard to discriminate against white men should occupy many hours of it.” Your thoughts? Do you agree with JD Vance?

In the lawless streets of the liberal dystopia that is Seattle, an elderly woman was left permanently blinded in one eye after she was savagely attacked by a career criminal with a history of assault. While she was standing outside the King County Courthouse, 75-year-old Jeanette Marken was smashed in the face with a wooden board by a violent repeat offender. A screw that was sticking out of the board struck her in her right eye and gouged it out. She has been told that she will not be able to recover her sight in that eye. The attacker, Fale Vaigalepa Pea, has a long criminal history that includes assaulting and stabbing people. 75 year old Jeanette Marken was victim of an unprovoked attack by REPEAT violent offender Fale Vaigalepa Pea. She lost an eye and broke her nose and cheekbone. Fale has a long violent record of stabbings to drugs. Judges kept releasing him to terrorize others. This must stop! pic.twitter.com/vBFJu8BdWu — C3 (@C_3C_3) December 22, 2025 The police officer who detained Pea after he hit Jeanette Marken in the face with a board casually told another officer that he was notorious in the city for randomly punching people. This clip shows the horrific assault and the cops’ infuriating, nonchalant response to the crime: THIS IS WHAT “JUSTICE REFORM” LOOKS LIKE: VIOLENT FELON BLINDS 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN 75-year-old Jeanette Marken was standing outside the King County Courthouse – right in front of the justice system – when a known violent offender walked up and drove a screw through her eye.… pic.twitter.com/jdPmjkFqS5 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 21, 2025 THIS IS WHAT “JUSTICE REFORM” LOOKS LIKE: VIOLENT FELON BLINDS 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN 75-year-old Jeanette Marken was standing outside the King County Courthouse – right in front of the justice system – when a known violent offender walked up and drove a screw through her eye. Fale Vaigalepa Pea used a wooden plank with a metal screw jammed into the end. He didn’t know her. Didn’t say a word. Just attacked. Cops arrested him a block away. They knew exactly who he was. Everyone did. Court records show multiple assaults, including stabbing someone eight times. He’s been punching random people for years. This time, he escalated – and now a grandmother is permanently blinded. And guess what? He was out walking free. Because in America, violent repeat offenders get endless second chances – courtesy of soft-on-crime judges and politicians more worried about “equity” than public safety. How many more people need to be maimed before the justice system starts protecting victims instead of predators? How in the world was this guy allowed to walk freely on the streets, punching and stabbing people at will? He should have been locked up a long time ago. KOMO News has more details on the assailant’s lengthy criminal background: Pea has been well known to law enforcement for years. In 2011, he stabbed two people at a party in SeaTac. One of the victims was stabbed eight times, according to an arrest report from the incident. Court records show he was convicted by a jury and received an 18-month sentence of community custody. Pea continued to rack up assault charges, including one case in 2020, four cases in 2023, and one case in 2024. According to the King County jail, Fale has been booked eight times this year, though Seattle Municipal Court and King County Superior Court records show none of his arrests this year resulted in charges prior to the assault on Marken. Seattle police have arrested Pea repeatedly this year for charges of assault, indecent exposure, drugs, property destruction, unlawful use of weapons, and malicious mischief. The King County Prosecuting Attorneys told KOMO News that none of his prior arrest from this year were referred to their office for felony charges. The Seattle City Attorney’s Office, which handles misdemeanor offenses, did not immediately have information on case referrals for Pea. He is now charged with assault in the first degree and is expected to appear for a competency hearing later this month. “The defendant’s egregious actions in this case, as well as his prior assaultive criminal history, demonstrate that he is a substantial danger to the community and is likely to commit a violent offense,” prosecutors wrote in charging documents for the assault on Marken. News that the man accused of attacking his mother was a repeat offender is frustrating for Dyrikis. “He’s a usual? A usual what?” Dyrikis said. “Attacking people? Civilians? What the hell is wrong with your system?” Notably, the establishment media is avoiding this story like the plague. End Wokeness noted the media blackout: 0 AP stories on Jeanette Marken 0 PBS stories on Jeanette Marken 0 NYT stories on Jeanette Marken 0 NPR stories on Jeanette Marken 0 WSJ stories on Jeanette Marken 0 BBC stories on Jeanette Marken 0 CNN stories on Jeanette Marken 0 WAPO stories on… pic.twitter.com/KogLaTWrWd — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 21, 2025 0 AP stories on Jeanette Marken 0 PBS stories on Jeanette Marken 0 NYT stories on Jeanette Marken 0 NPR stories on Jeanette Marken 0 WSJ stories on Jeanette Marken 0 BBC stories on Jeanette Marken 0 CNN stories on Jeanette Marken 0 WAPO stories on Jeanette Marken 0 Reuters stories on Jeanette Marken 0 MSNBC stories on Jeanette Marken Of course, the left-wing media wants to cover up just how utterly and horrifically Democrat leadership failed in cities like Seattle. Liberal judges like the ones who let this guy avoid consequences should be held accountable. This X user has the right idea: I will say it again. We need a law that would make judges both civilly and criminally liable for the acts of repeat offenders they release. — Just Me, Mrs Henry (@Summom525) December 22, 2025 Please pray for Jeanette Marken as she recovers from the brutal attack. At the time of writing this, her GoFundMe has raised over $35,000 for her hospital and living costs. It’s just terrible that she has to suffer from something like this.

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