Donald Trump Jr. arrived in Greenland on Tuesday as his father, President-elect Trump, made remarks that sparked hypothesis that the U.S. would possibly search to obtain the Danish territory.
Trump Jr. landed in Nuuk, the Arctic territory’s capital, to fulfill with locals, seek advice from cultural websites and shoot video for a podcast. The president-elect posted a video appearing a aircraft emblazoned with the phrase “TRUMP” touchdown in Nuuk.
“Don Jr. and my Reps touchdown in Greenland,” Trump wrote. “The reception has been nice. They, and the Loose International, want protection, safety, power, and PEACE! It is a deal that will have to occur. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump additionally spoke with locals over speakerphone in video that supporters shared on-line.
TRUMP ESCALATES PLANS TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND AFTER RESIDENT PLEADS: ‘DENMARK’S USING US’
Donald Trump Jr., heart, arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix by means of AP)
A supply acquainted told Fox News Digital on Monday that Trump Jr. is “popping in for a fast day-long go back and forth to shoot some amusing video content material for podcasting. He is probably not assembly with any govt officers or political figures.”
The go back and forth comes as President-elect Trump seeks to shop for the mineral-rich, geographically vital territory.
Donald Trump Jr., proper, poses for a photograph as he arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix by means of AP)
At a press convention at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Tuesday afternoon, the president-elect once more stated that “Denmark must give it up.”
“We want Greenland for national security purposes,” Trump stated.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks all through a information convention at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday in Palm Seaside, Florida. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)
American passion in Greenland dates again to the 1800s.
However Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede stated remaining week that the rustic isn’t .
“Greenland is ours,” he stated. “We’re no longer on the market, and can by no means be on the market. We will have to no longer lose our lengthy battle for freedom.”
Fox Information Virtual’s Brooke Singman and The Related Press contributed to this document.
