The Trump administration has made a lot of arguments for why the U.S. should take over Greenland: national security, untapped minerals, Denmark’s supposed failure to defend it. Now there’s a new one on the list, and it involves shrimp.

Tom Dans, the Trump-appointed chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission, told The New Yorker‘s Ben Taub earlier this year that taking control of Greenland’s seafood industry could solve one of America’s most pressing problems: bringing back unlimited shrimp at Red Lobster.

“My view is that the United States could take all the seafood Greenland could produce, and cut out the middleman, and keep it from China, and you could bring back all-you-can-eat shrimp at Red Lobster,” Dans said.

There’s just one problem. Red Lobster already brought back a revised version of the deal back in April. No annexation required. The chain went bankrupt in 2024 after the original all-you-can-eat shrimp promo cost it roughly $11 million in losses in just three months.

The CEO, Damola Adamolekun, swore it would never return, “because I know how to do math.” He brought it back anyway this spring, just at a higher price.

So the U.S. didn’t need to take over an Arctic island to get its shrimp back. It just needed to wait a few months.

Dans isn’t some random guy with an opinion, either. He’s worked inside the Treasury Department, sat on a National Security Council task force focused specifically on Greenland, and has visited the island repeatedly through his own nonprofit. Danish officials have flagged him as one of a small group of Americans running private “influence operations” there.

He’s never actually set foot in Greenland himself, but he insists that taking it over is simple. “There’s nothing secret about the contours of the thing,” he told The New Yorker. “This is not a toughie, if you come from an investment-banking or dealmaking background, to solve.”

Trump has been talking about taking Greenland since his first term, but it got a lot louder once he returned to office. He’s called Denmark’s military presence there “two dog sleds” and refused to rule out using force to take it, per The Independent.

“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent,” he told NBC News in March — adding that he doesn’t “take anything off the table.”

The world has not been quiet about it. Denmark’s prime minister told the U.S. to “cease its threats against a historically close ally.” Denmark pledged roughly $4 billion in new Arctic defense spending. Thousands of Greenlanders — nearly a third of the capital’s population — marched in protest. And 86 percent of Americans say they’re against taking Greenland by force, according to a Quinnipiac poll from January.

The push hasn’t disappeared. The New York Times reported last month that U.S. officials are still quietly meeting with Greenlandic and Danish negotiators behind closed doors.

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Michelle styled it with a thin belt, a chocolate brown T-shirt, and slingback pumps, mirroring the original runway look. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>The tribute came during a packed weekend of events tied to the Center’s grand opening. The day before, Barack and Michelle unveiled their first official joint portrait, "The Obamas: Springing Forth," painted by Nigerian-born artist \u003cstrong>Njideka Akunyili Crosby\u003c/strong> — a piece weaving together more than 500 archival images from their lives, including a childhood photo of young Michelle Robinson posing against her father’s 1970 Buick Electra. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>Michelle has been open about how deeply her mother shaped her. 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Shortly after, Metcalf claimed he had forgiven Karmelo Anthony. \u003c/p>\n\n”,”schedule”:{},”type”:”html”},{“attributes”:{“@provider”:”Twitter”,”@query”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?format=json&omit_script=true&omitscript=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FLeeMerrittesq%2Fstatus%2F2065281368620232860″,”@url”:”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq/status/2065281368620232860″,”author_name”:”Lee Merritt”,”author_url”:”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”height”:null,”html”:”\u003cblockquote class=\”twitter-tweet\”>\u003cp lang=\”en\” dir=\”ltr\”>The gag order lifted. And the mask came off with it.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>After sentencing, Austin Metcalf’s father Jeff Metcalf went live on TikTok and was caught on a racist rant about Karmelo Anthony, including calling him a “watermelon felon,” saying Black people get “all the free sh*t we give… \u003ca href=\”https://t.co/z7zmyuyiz1\”>pic.twitter.com/z7zmyuyiz1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>— Lee Merritt (@LeeMerrittesq) \u003ca href=\”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq/status/2065281368620232860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\”>June 12, 2026\u003c/a>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n”,”provider_name”:”X”,”provider_url”:”https://x.com”,”thumbnail_height”:0,”thumbnail_url”:””,”thumbnail_width”:0,”title”:””,”type”:”rich”,”url”:”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq/status/2065281368620232860″,”version”:”1.0″,”width”:550},”embed_type”:”rich”,”html”:”\u003cblockquote class=\”twitter-tweet\”>\u003cp lang=\”en\” dir=\”ltr\”>The gag order lifted. And the mask came off with it.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>After sentencing, Austin Metcalf’s father Jeff Metcalf went live on TikTok and was caught on a racist rant about Karmelo Anthony, including calling him a “watermelon felon,” saying Black people get “all the free sh*t we give… \u003ca href=\”https://t.co/z7zmyuyiz1\”>pic.twitter.com/z7zmyuyiz1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>— Lee Merritt (@LeeMerrittesq) \u003ca href=\”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq/status/2065281368620232860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\”>June 12, 2026\u003c/a>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n”,”provider”:”X”,”rendering_hint”:”default”,”schedule”:{},”type”:”embed”,”url”:”https://x.com/LeeMerrittesq/status/2065281368620232860″},{“html”:”\u003cp>The remarks drew immediate condemnation. Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt responded on X, writing: "The gag order lifted. And the mask came off with it. This is the same man who stood in that courtroom and said ‘this was never about race.’ The prosecution struck every qualified Black juror from the panel. A gag order silenced public response for nearly a year. And the moment the muzzle came off, this is who he showed us he was. Karmelo Anthony did not get a fair trial. And now the victim’s own father has confirmed in his own words what this community has known from the beginning."\u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\”https://www.binnews.com/content/2026-06-04-karmelo-anthony-trial-prosecution-dismisses-all-black-jurors/\” data-content-id=\”/6a21a37d341835dc1b4498c9\”>The jury that convicted Anthony\u003c/a> included no Black members — in a county where Black residents make up 12.1% of the population. Every qualified Black prospective juror was struck from the panel by the prosecution during jury selection — a detail that drew national scrutiny throughout the trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. He admitted to the stabbing but maintained it was self-defense. His attorneys have filed an appeal. 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