U.S. President Donald Trump expects the U.S. will gain "total, unfettered access" to Greenland, the administration's new envoy for the island has said. Hours after calling for "immediate negotiations" on the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, Trump said last week that he had agreed on a "framework of a future deal" in the Swiss town of Davos. ...What To KnowTrump believes this framework "will lead to the United States' gaining total, unfettered access to the island," Landry said in an op-ed published by The New York Times on Thursday. The U.S. has a long-standing military presence in Greenland, concentrated at its Pituffik Space Base, perched on Greenland's northwestern coast. The U.S. has pulled back from resource-rich Greenland in recent years, although about 150 personnel are stationed at Pituffik.