Don Jr’s Greenland MAGA ‘supporters’ included unhoused people who were offered free lunch, Danish press reports
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Trump Jr. visited Greenland after the president-elect called for the US to purchase the island. Donald Trump Jr.’s team gave unhoused and “socially disadvantaged” people MAGA hats and offered them a free meal during his recent trip to Greenland, according to a Danish media outlet.
Trump’s oldest son visited Greenland this week as his father expressed interest in buying the island — despite officials making it clear it’s not for sale. After his visit, Trump Jr. said Greenland residents “[love] America and Trump.” But multiple employees told DR News that Trump Jr.’s team handed MAGA hats to several people in front of Brugseni, a nearby grocery store, while inviting them to a free lunch at the hotel.
Brugseni employees and long-time town residents told DR News they recognized many of the people photographed dining with Trump Jr. Tom Amtoft, a Nuuk resident of nearly three decades, told DR News that they are unhoused and elderly people who have difficulty making ends meet.
“All they have to do is put on a cap and be in the Trump staff’s videos,” Amtoft said. “They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”. The Independent has contacted Trump’s transition team for comment. Trump has floated the idea of buying or otherwise taking over Greenland, an island home to 56,000 people. He refused to rule out the possible use of military force in Greenland when pressed Monday during a press conference.
