Don Jr to visit Greenland as Trump renews threat to take it over
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‘We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World,’ soon-to-be-president vows as he announces son’s trip. Donald Trump Jr will visit Greenland Tuesday, even as his father triggers local anger by renewing his push to make the Danish territory part of the U.S.
The elder Trump announced on his social network Truth Social on Monday that Don Jr and "various representatives" would soon be touring the island's "magnificent areas and sights.”. The soon-to-be president added: “Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”.
Trump has advocated for the United States to take over Greenland, even calling it an “absolute necessity,” despite outright opposition from Greenland's people and its government. "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said ominously last month.
Greenland's prime minister Múte Egede responded: "we are not for sale and never will be for sale.". The King of Denmark also changed the country's royal coat of arms to make the symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, another Danish territory, more prominent, in an apparent rebuke to Trump.
