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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Trump appointee argued the US could take Greenland and its seafood to save endless shrimp at Red Lobster: report

The Trump administration has made multiple cases for acquiring Greenland, pointing to strategic security interests, untapped mineral wealth and what it describes as Denmark’s inadequate stewardship of the vast Arctic territory.

Now, a much stranger justification has entered the mix: that by taking control of Greenland’s seafood industry, the U.S. could secure a limitless pipeline of shrimp for Red Lobster customers.

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