Ben Taub

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Fresh Air · An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

And things have kind of quieted down since then.

But the truth is that the Greenlanders and the Danes, I think,

are essentially lucky, as they see it, that the U.S.

got tied up in Iran and are fearing that if things wind down with Iran and this new deal sort of sticks, that he might refocus his attention to Greenland soon enough.

But since January, there have been no military threats and things appear to have been quieted down.

Yeah.

So in December of last year, Trump announced on Truth Social that he had a new so-called special envoy to Greenland, and that's Jeff Landry, the governor of Louisiana.

This appointment came as a surprise to Denmark, Greenland, and the State Department.

And the State Department?

And so he invited Jürgen Boasen, this solitary Greenlander who supports Trump, to the governor's mansion in Louisiana.

And he asked Boasen what really mattered to Greenlanders that they could help with.

And Boasen said that the health care system in Greenland is a disaster.

And as he put it, it's a death sentence to get sick in Greenland.

Now, Greenland has universal health care and for serious operations or health problems, Greenlanders are often flown to Denmark for treatment, for free treatment.

But it is also the case, of course, that in very, very remote parts of Greenland, there are towns that have no doctors.

There are towns where access to care is very difficult.

And in order to get proper care, they do have to travel to Nuuk.

So it is true that there is a very vulnerable situation for people living in remote parts of the country.

But Boasin gave Landry the impression that it was a death sentence to get sick in Greenland.

So at that point, Landry talks to Trump and they decide to deploy a U.S.

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