Donald Trump Jr. plans to fly to Greenland on Tuesday for the visit as the president-elect's father refuses to back down on threats to seize strategically important land. A person familiar with the matter confirmed this to the Post.
Don Jr. will not meet with government officials and will instead explore the island to “film some fun video content for podcasting,” sources said.
President-elect Donald Trump has caused a stir in recent weeks by claiming that the United States wants to gain “ownership” of Greenland, and is seeking to expand the U.S. territory to include vast swathes of Denmark. This reminded him of his assertion during his first term that there would be. owned island.
local outlet in denmark first reported Don Jr. also visited with Greenland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and said that no official government visit was planned.
Greenland's Prime Minister Moute Egede has already hit back at President-elect Trump's comments, saying the mineral-rich island is “not for sale and will never be for sale.”
In his New Year's speech, the prime minister declared that the island “seeks independence from the Kingdom of Denmark as part of a movement to remove 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. Ta.
The president-elect said the United States should acquire Greenland to strengthen its national security.
“The United States feels that ownership and control of Greenland is absolutely necessary for national security and freedom around the world,” he wrote in Truth Social.
The acquisition of the island was the largest land addition in American history, even surpassing the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which nearly doubled the size of the United States at the time.
People close to Trump told the Post that the president is “100% serious” about regaining control of Greenland and the Panama Canal. He sees his bold statements as a way to stop China from expanding its influence in the Western Hemisphere, the people said.
