Donald Trump Jr is heading to Greenland, two weeks after his father reiterated his want for the US to take management of the self-governing Danish territory.
The son of the US president-elect stated he was going as a vacationer on a “very lengthy and private day journey” to speak to folks, and that he had no plans to satisfy with authorities officers.
Ahead of his son’s journey, Donald Trump revived a heated controversy final month when he stated that “possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity” for US nationwide safety.
During his first time period as president, Trump had expressed curiosity in buying the Arctic island. On each events he was rejected by the Greenlandic leaders.
“We will not be on the market and we is not going to be on the market,” the island’s prime minister, Mute Bourup Egede, stated in December. “Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic folks.”
With a inhabitants of 57,000, Greenland enjoys in depth autonomy, however its economic system is basically depending on subsidies from Copenhagen and it stays a part of the dominion of Denmark.
Egede was as a result of meet King Frederik in Copenhagen on Wednesday, however the assembly was postponed as a result of what the Greenlandic prime minister referred to as “calendar gymnastics”.
The Danish authorities has stated little concerning the go to of the brand new president’s son, stressing that it was not an official journey.
“We have taken observe of Donald Trump Jr’s deliberate go to to Greenland. As this isn’t an official American go to, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no additional touch upon the go to,” the ministry advised BBC News.
However, a number of opposition politicians have expressed concern.
Conservative MP Rasmus Jarlov wrote on social media in English that “this degree of disrespect by the subsequent president of the United States in direction of very, very loyal allies and associates is report breaking.”
President-elect Trump confirmed his son’s journey on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday.
He stated Don Jr and “numerous representatives” will journey to Greenland “to go to a number of the most luxurious areas and locations”.
Trump added that Greenland and its folks “will profit enormously if and once they turn into a part of our nation.”
“We will defend it and guard it from a really vicious exterior world,” he stated. “Make Greenland nice once more!”
Donald Trump Jr, 47, later confirmed his go to on his podcast, Triggered. “No, I will not purchase Greenland,” he stated, explaining that he liked Greenland and was flying there on his father’s non-public jet, nicknamed Trump Force One.
The president-elect’s publish additionally included a video during which an unnamed Greenlander, sporting a crimson Make America Great Again hat, advised Trump to purchase Greenland and free it from “colonization” by Denmark.
The identification of the person within the clip is unclear.
Greenland is on the shortest route from North America to Europe, making it strategically vital to the United States. It can also be house to a big American area facility.
The president-elect’s eldest son performed a key function through the 2024 US election marketing campaign, incessantly showing at rallies and within the media.
Hours after President-elect Trump reiterated his curiosity in shopping for Greenland final month, the Danish authorities introduced a huge increase in defense spending on the island. Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen described the timing of the announcement as an “irony of destiny”.
On Monday, King Frederick X modified the royal coat of arms to extra prominently characteristic representations of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Some noticed it as a rebuke to Trump, nevertheless it might additionally show controversial with Greenland’s separatist motion.
King Frederik used his New Year’s speech to say that the Kingdom of Denmark is united “all the best way to Greenland”, including “we belong collectively”.
But Greenland’s prime minister used his New Year’s Eve speech to push for independence from Denmark, saying the island should free itself from the “shackles of colonialism.”
