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News Wrap: Trump names Louisiana governor as his special envoy to Greenland

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, Denmark is pushing back against President Trump's move naming Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as his special envoy to Greenland, Trump announced plans for what he called a new 'Trump class' of warships, a car bomb killed a senior Russian general in Moscow and Jim Beam is pausing production at its main distillery in Kentucky for all of next year. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, the leaders of Greenland and Denmark are pushing back against the latest U.S. moves over Greenland after President Trump tapped Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to be his special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory.

0:15.5

Writing on social media, Governor Landry thanked Trump for the post, writing, quote,

0:20.1

It's an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.

0:25.8

Greenland's prime minister and his Danish counterpart released their own statement, saying,

0:30.3

quote, Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.

0:33.5

And Denmark's foreign minister says he'll summon the U.S. ambassador.

0:39.3

Out of nowhere, there is now a special U.S. presidential representative who, according to himself,

0:44.9

is tasked with taking over Greenland. This is, of course, completely unacceptable.

0:50.2

Trump is repeatedly called for the U.S. to take control of the mineral-rich Arctic Island,

0:55.2

and earlier this year did not rule out using military force to do so.

1:00.3

President Trump announced plans today for what's being called a new Trump class of warships.

1:06.1

These are the best in the world. They'll be the fastest, the biggest,

1:09.2

and by far 100 times more powerful

1:12.0

than any battleship ever built. He made the announcement from Mar-a-Lago, alongside his Defense

1:18.8

Secretary, Navy Secretary, and Secretary of State, though he provided few further details

1:24.0

on the ships themselves. Trump has long been critical of the Navy's current ships.

1:28.3

This comes as the administration is increasing its military pressure on Venezuela.

1:33.3

U.S. forces have already seized two oil tankers in the region,

1:37.3

and the Coast Guard tried to intercept a third one this past weekend.

1:41.3

Russian investigators say a car bomb that killed a senior Russian general in

1:45.9

Moscow today may have been orchestrated by Ukraine. Funil Sarvorov was in charge of training

1:52.2

Russian troops for the country's war in Ukraine. His death is just the latest involving a senior

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