Jeff Landry, a middle aged man, is the Governor of Louisiana. Does that sound like a full time job? It does to me, but apparently not to Jeff Landry. He has just taken a second “volunteer” job. Jeff Landry has just been appointed United States Special Envoy for Greenland.

Jeff Landry, if you read his Wikipedia bio, looks like he may never have left Louisiana before. He was born there, was raised there, went to college and law school there, spent a decade in the Louisiana National Guard, and has always worked there. (Oh, yes he was a Congressman for two years, but I sure never saw him here.)

And can you imagine two places as different from each other as Greenland and Louisiana? No? Well, not so fast. Try to answer this question:

What do Louisiana, Venezuela, and Greenland have in common? Want a hint? The answer has three letters, the first one is “o” and the third is “l”.

Now what is the goal of the United States Special Envoy to Greenland? Jeff Landry has given us the answer. He is going to work hard “to make Greenland part of the United States”.

Now, that may sound like a big job to you. But either it doesn’t to Jeff Landry, who says it will “in no way affect” his duties as Louisiana’s chief executive, or the job of governing Louisiana is easier than I assumed. He treats it like  “Hey, Art, how can you have time to write a daily blog? Are you still going to be able to pick up the mail and take out the trash?”

Of course, Trump promised this from the beginning and we all hoped he had forgotten about it. You may remember how essential he said it was. He said he may even use military means, if necessary.

We now see a pattern. Greenland becomes an Inuit speaking Puerto Rico, Venezuela gives us back “our oil”. What could be left?

You got it. The last leg of this three legged stool is left. The Panama Canal. Keep your eyes on this space.

By the way, the Danish government and the Danish people, and the Greenlanders are not the only ones apoplectic about this. All of NATO is. NATO’s Article 5 never contemplated a NATO power invading land belonging to another NATO power.

One person who does understand this is Trump’s buddy, Vladimir Putin. He knows that invading another country to take their land is no problem and often should be praised. And now we see why Trump can’t really criticize Putin. Brothers from different mothers. Putin from Mother Russia, and Trump from Mother Trump, the one and only woman that her son Donald never mentions.

Another understanding friend is Bibi Netanyahu. Of course, Bibi is moving east to the West Bank (yes, a conundrum).

Three years and one month to go. To answer the question once posed by William Yeats: No, the center will not hold.

The road will be rough. Buckle your seat belts before the Trump administration bans them as an effete luxury and a way to cut down on imports from China.

And by the way, if Trump can by fiat rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and shun anyone who uses its other name, can’t he by fiat rename Greenland Trumpland and force everyone to call it by that name?