Donald Trump Jr. Visits Greenland As Father Pursues Interest In Acquiring The Island
A plane carrying American businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrived in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. Donald Trump Jr. paid a private visit to Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory that Trump Sr. aspires to and hopes to someday gain independence from. In Copenhagen for now. (Photo by EMIL STACH/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff James Myers 11:29am – Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Despite repeatedly saying Greenland is not for sale, President-elect Donald Trump sent his eldest son to Greenland on Tuesday as part of an effort to make it part of the United States.
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“Don Jr. and my agent have landed in Greenland. The reception has been great. They and the free world need safety, security, strength, and peace. This has to happen. No deal. Let's make Greenland great again!'' President-elect Trump said in a post on Truth Social that featured a video of a plane landing amidst icy terrain.
“Greenland is getting hot…well, it's actually really, really cold!!!!” Trump Jr. posted on social platform X featuring a video of the cockpit of a plane flying over frozen terrain. I mentioned it in the post.
He said his son and “various representatives” would “visit some of the most stunning areas and sights” on the island, which is an autonomous Danish territory.
“Greenland is a wonderful place, and its people would benefit tremendously if it became part of our country,” Trump wrote.
“We will protect it and cherish it from a very vicious outside world. Let's make Greenland great again!”
A group of President Donald Trump's sons is visiting the strategically located island but will not meet with any government officials, sources said.
Meanwhile, the president-elect announced that the U.S. would gain “ownership” of Greenland in an effort to expand U.S. territory by including the Danish-owned island in what he called a “massive real estate deal” during his previous term. expressed his desire for
But as negotiations got into full swing, Greenland's Prime Minister Moute Egede insisted that the mineral-rich land “is not for sale and will never be for sale.”
In his New Year's speech, Egede said the island was seeking independence from the Kingdom of Denmark as part of a movement to rid itself of the “shackles of colonialism”.
“The time has come for us to step up and shape our own future, both in terms of who we work closely with and who our trading partners are,” the Prime Minister said in the weeks following Trump's threats. .
Denmark's King Frederick also appears to be rejecting President Trump's potential purchase of Greenland by changing the country's coat of arms to more prominently feature the polar bear symbol representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the newspaper reported. Ta. independent.
President Trump said U.S. ownership and control of Greenland, home to about 56,000 people, is “absolutely necessary.”
According to new york postPresident Trump has said he is “100% serious” about not only acquiring Greenland but also reclaiming the Panama Canal as U.S. territory as part of his America First strategy against China and Russia.
If the United States were to acquire Greenland, it would be the largest land addition in U.S. history.
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