New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- While President Donald Trump says he will take action on Greenland whether its people " like it or not, " his newly handpicked U.S. special envoy is setting off on his own approach.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, appointed in December, has said he is not interested in meeting diplomats. The Republican has not visited the Arctic island but plans to attend a dogsled race there in March. He has suggested Greenlanders would feel right at home in Louisiana, saying he heard they like to hunt, fish and "have a good time."

As Trump threatens seizing control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, Landry has brought his thick Cajun accent and reputation for confrontational politics to the American effort...