Dispute over Greenland: Trump Jr. visits island

In the debate about Greenland’s membership Donald Trump Jr. expected on the island on Tuesday, according to the local government.

“My son, Don Jr., and various representatives will be traveling there to visit some of the greatest areas and sights,” Trump said on his online service Truth Social on Monday, without specifying a time.

There are no meetings with the son of the US President-elect Donald Trump planned with representatives of the Greenland government, Foreign Minister Mininnguaq Kleist told the Reuters news agency. No one was informed about the nature of the trip. This is a private visit.

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“Greenland is an incredible place and its people will benefit tremendously if and when it becomes part of our nation,” Trump continued. “We will protect and honor it from a very vicious outside world. Make Greenland great again!” Reuters learned from sources familiar with the trip that Trump Jr. was on a one-day visit Video material for a blog post wanted to record.

The Danish Foreign Ministry had previously stated that it had taken note of Donald Trump Jr.’s planned visit to Greenland. “As this is not an official American visit, the Danish Foreign Ministry has no further comment,” it said.

The future President Trump declared two weeks ago on his short message service Truth Social that ownership and control of Greenland was “an absolute necessity.” Trump was already interested in the first term from 2017 to 2021 Purchase of Greenland but was rejected by the Greenlandic and Danish authorities.

In his New Year’s address, the Greenland Prime Minister reinforced this Mute Egede Last week he called for independence from Denmark. However, he did not mention the USA. The autonomous Danish region with 57,000 inhabitants has mineral resources as well as oil and natural gas deposits.