“Greenland is an incredible place and its people, if and when they become part of our nation, will benefit enormously,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Network.
“We will protect (Greenland), and we will cherish it,” added the 78-year-old billionaire, who will take the oath of office on January 20, concluding: “Make Greenland Great Again”.
He attached to his message the video of a man, presented as an inhabitant of the island, who wears the emblematic red cap of the Trumpists with the slogan “Make America Great Again”, and who says he is in favor of a takeover by the UNITED STATES.
The Republican president-elect said on his Truth network that his son would be accompanied by other “representatives.”
“Ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity”
An autonomous territory, Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Just before Christmas, Donald Trump had already ruled that “for national security and freedom around the world, the United States of America believes that ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
The government of the immense Arctic island then responded that it was not for sale, echoing its response to similar statements by Trump in 2019.
Donald Trump Jr’s visit, no details of which have been made public, is private, a Greenlandic diplomat, Mininnguaq Kleist, told Danish public television DR.
According to Kleist, the visitor, known to be very close to his father, should not meet Greenlandic officials during his stay.
During his wishes, the head of government of Nuuk affirmed that the territory must take “a step forward” and shape its future “especially with regard to (its) commercial partners and the people with whom we should work closely collaboration”.
“Our cooperation with other countries and our trade relations cannot continue to be carried out only through Denmark,” insisted Egede.
