December 22, 2025 • 5 mins
US President Donald Trump has appointed the Governor of Louisiana as a Greenland Envoy.
Governor Jeff Landry has said that he will fight to make Greenland part of America.
European correspondent Catherine Field told Andrew Dickens that the Danish Prime Minister is 'absolutely furious.'
"She has said national borders are are rooted in international law, you can't just annex another country."
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks. It'd be
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iHeartRadio to Europe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
We go and Catherine Field joins us this morning. Bonjour,
Hello Andrew, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
I'm better now that we're.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Joined up here exactly. Now, President Trump really really wants Greenland,
and Greenland really doesn't want him to want them, and
Denmark's pretty unhappy as well.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yes, indeed, I mean, the fate of this largely self
governing Arctic island, what fifty seven thousand inhabitants in Greenland,
has caught the attention of President Trump. I mean, let's
not forget. Earlier this year, he said he needed it.
Last weekend on his social media network, he said that
the US needs it and desperately needs it. Says it
(00:58):
needs it for the US's interests for safety, security, and survival,
and his claims also needs it for the safety of
the world. Now, this already a touchy subject for the Greenlanders, who,
you know, whilst they're not that happy with being you know,
they're like a bit more autonomy from Denmark, they're pretty
happy with where they are. But over the weekend, Donald
(01:20):
Trump announced that he'd appointed a Greenland envoy. The governor
of Louisiana will now be charged with making Greenland part
of America. And this has got of course, the Danish
Prime minister absolutely furious. She has said national borders are
routed and international law you can't just annex another country.
(01:42):
The Greenland prime minister has also said the same. You know,
it just hands off Greenland belongs to Greenlanders. So you know,
the Foreign Ministry has said that the ambassador has to
go in there explain what is happening and why on
earth they have suddenly decided now, and there's run up
to Christmas when everyone was hoping to get away early
(02:02):
for the Christmas break, Donald Trump has decided to make
this what's been seen really as an unnecessary aggressive move
on Greenland.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And it's not fair. It's an elephant against the mouse.
It really is not. So we'll wait to see on
that new tariffs on EU goods, But this time it's China.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
It is indeed, now this spat has been going on
for a while, but it really just burst out into
the open again. A couple of hours ago Andrew China
announced it was going to impose tariffs of about forty
two on EU dairy products that are going into China
because of mel blue cheese and as one of its
processed cheese.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Now, this of course is.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Really huge for the EU. They export around three billion
New Zealand dollars worth of dairy products into China each year.
So why did this come out of Noah, Well, it's
a tip for tat really, Andrew. China is absolutely furious
that the EU has put tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
that are coming into the EU. The EU says, look,
(03:05):
these are these electric vehicles, not just development, but also
the production is heavily subsidized by the Chinese state, so
it's not a fair playing field on that one for
that part. You know, China says, well, we're going to
target this the milk and dairy because that's exactly what
the EU does through its Common Agricultural Policy. So is
(03:27):
that French farmers in particularly get loads of money from
the EU. They're subsidized. So you're, really, Andrew, this is
going backwards and forwards, Tarif's going up, tariff's staying there
for a long time, and of course farmers giving very
little money.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, wells talking about money here we are coming into
Christ's coming into the new year, and France still has
no state budget for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
No no budget at all. They're doing what they can
to avoid is shut down the type that we've been
seeing in the US. There's going to be within the
next couple of hours a little bit of fudging the
laws and changing around bits of the constitution. It's going
to the French president is expected back in the country
within the hour, is to sit down with cabinet and
(04:10):
pass a special law which will announce and allow the
twenty twenty five budget to roll over into twenty twenty six. Now,
the reason this has happened is because there is no
one block in Parliament who can decide on a budget
or decide on anything. Really, none of the blocks can
decide on what to do about the budget. The center
(04:31):
right says there should be tax cuts unless public spending,
the left says that should be tax increases for the
wealthy and better social services, and the far right says
there should be cuts to immigration and priority for French
and the public services. So no one can agree on anything.
So they're hoping within the next couple of hours they
can sort of have this rollover budget which keeps the
(04:53):
country going. You know, civil servants will get paid, the
government debt will be serviced, but that will be about
it on this one. Farmers won't get paid either, and
a lot of other small government investments andment support for
businesses won't get paid either.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, Catherine joyo noel.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Joya duel to you as well, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Merry Christmas. And what are your Christmas plans in France?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Well, you don't here in France, it's more than twenty fourth,
the late in the evening on the twenty fourth, where
everyone has you know, big meal, has a family round
and that's why it's called javeon because it goes late
into the night and often into the early hours of
the morning. So probably have a nice, nice meal around
the family table.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Fantastic talk to you next year. Catherine Field is our
French correspondent.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
For more from News Talks B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks. It'd be
follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on
iHeartRadio to Europe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
We go and Catherine Field joins us this morning. Bonjour,
Hello Andrew, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
I'm better now that we're.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Joined up here exactly. Now, President Trump really really wants Greenland,
and Greenland really doesn't want him to want them, and
Denmark's pretty unhappy as well.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yes, indeed, I mean, the fate of this largely self
governing Arctic island, what fifty seven thousand inhabitants in Greenland,
has caught the attention of President Trump. I mean, let's
not forget. Earlier this year, he said he needed it.
Last weekend on his social media network, he said that
the US needs it and desperately needs it. Says it
(00:58):
needs it for the US's interests for safety, security, and survival,
and his claims also needs it for the safety of
the world. Now, this already a touchy subject for the Greenlanders, who,
you know, whilst they're not that happy with being you know,
they're like a bit more autonomy from Denmark, they're pretty
happy with where they are. But over the weekend, Donald
(01:20):
Trump announced that he'd appointed a Greenland envoy. The governor
of Louisiana will now be charged with making Greenland part
of America. And this has got of course, the Danish
Prime minister absolutely furious. She has said national borders are
routed and international law you can't just annex another country.
(01:42):
The Greenland prime minister has also said the same. You know,
it just hands off Greenland belongs to Greenlanders. So you know,
the Foreign Ministry has said that the ambassador has to
go in there explain what is happening and why on
earth they have suddenly decided now, and there's run up
to Christmas when everyone was hoping to get away early
(02:02):
for the Christmas break, Donald Trump has decided to make
this what's been seen really as an unnecessary aggressive move
on Greenland.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And it's not fair. It's an elephant against the mouse.
It really is not. So we'll wait to see on
that new tariffs on EU goods, But this time it's China.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
It is indeed, now this spat has been going on
for a while, but it really just burst out into
the open again. A couple of hours ago Andrew China
announced it was going to impose tariffs of about forty
two on EU dairy products that are going into China
because of mel blue cheese and as one of its
processed cheese.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Now, this of course is.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Really huge for the EU. They export around three billion
New Zealand dollars worth of dairy products into China each year.
So why did this come out of Noah, Well, it's
a tip for tat really, Andrew. China is absolutely furious
that the EU has put tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
that are coming into the EU. The EU says, look,
(03:05):
these are these electric vehicles, not just development, but also
the production is heavily subsidized by the Chinese state, so
it's not a fair playing field on that one for
that part. You know, China says, well, we're going to
target this the milk and dairy because that's exactly what
the EU does through its Common Agricultural Policy. So is
(03:27):
that French farmers in particularly get loads of money from
the EU. They're subsidized. So you're, really, Andrew, this is
going backwards and forwards, Tarif's going up, tariff's staying there
for a long time, and of course farmers giving very
little money.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, wells talking about money here we are coming into
Christ's coming into the new year, and France still has
no state budget for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
No no budget at all. They're doing what they can
to avoid is shut down the type that we've been
seeing in the US. There's going to be within the
next couple of hours a little bit of fudging the
laws and changing around bits of the constitution. It's going
to the French president is expected back in the country
within the hour, is to sit down with cabinet and
(04:10):
pass a special law which will announce and allow the
twenty twenty five budget to roll over into twenty twenty six. Now,
the reason this has happened is because there is no
one block in Parliament who can decide on a budget
or decide on anything. Really, none of the blocks can
decide on what to do about the budget. The center
(04:31):
right says there should be tax cuts unless public spending,
the left says that should be tax increases for the
wealthy and better social services, and the far right says
there should be cuts to immigration and priority for French
and the public services. So no one can agree on anything.
So they're hoping within the next couple of hours they
can sort of have this rollover budget which keeps the
(04:53):
country going. You know, civil servants will get paid, the
government debt will be serviced, but that will be about
it on this one. Farmers won't get paid either, and
a lot of other small government investments andment support for
businesses won't get paid either.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, Catherine joyo noel.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Joya duel to you as well, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Merry Christmas. And what are your Christmas plans in France?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Well, you don't here in France, it's more than twenty fourth,
the late in the evening on the twenty fourth, where
everyone has you know, big meal, has a family round
and that's why it's called javeon because it goes late
into the night and often into the early hours of
the morning. So probably have a nice, nice meal around
the family table.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Fantastic talk to you next year. Catherine Field is our
French correspondent.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
For more from News Talks B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
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