Trump's son flew to Greenland for an unofficial visit

Donald Trump Jr, son of the US president-elect, flew to Greenland for a personal visit. This was reported by Reuters on January 7.

According to its data, Trump Jr. flew on his father's Boeing 757 with the designation Trump Force One and landed in Nuuk. The president-elect's son is not scheduled to meet with officials.

Trump Jr. commented on his upcoming trip on his podcast the day before, Jan. 6, noting that it was scheduled at a time when his father was once again talking about buying the island.

"No, I'm not buying Greenland. It's pretty funny that I'm actually going on a very long personal day trip to Greenland," the president-elect's son said at the time.

Upon arriving on the island, Trump Jr. posted a message on his social media page X (formerly Twitter) in which he wrote, "Greenland is beautiful."

Why Trump needs control over Greenland. Parsing

Earlier, on December 22, Trump, announcing the appointment of an ambassador to Denmark, emphasized that for the United States "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity." The American politician expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark back in 2019. At that time, he was turned down.

Members of the Danish Parliament on December 24, 2024 condemned Trump's return to the topic of buying the island, called his statement unacceptable and described these words as "cynical superpower policy".

The New York Post reported the same day that the purchase of Greenland could be the largest territorial acquisition of the United States in the nation's history, surpassing the purchase of Louisiana from France, made in 1803 and nearly doubling the territory of the United States.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on December 25 that the country had prepared a new defense package to protect Greenland, with at least $1.5 billion earmarked.

Later, on January 6, King Frederick X of Denmark changed the state's coat of arms, making Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominent on it. The Guardian noted that this could be seen as a rebuke to Trump.