As Donald Trump continues to speak about taking control of Greenland, his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., traveled to the autonomous territory of Denmark on Tuesday, but Greenlandic and Danish officials make it clear they want nothing to do with the Trumps’ proposals.
“Don Jr. and my representatives land in Greenland,” Trump wrote on Tuesday on his social media platform, Truth Social. “The reception was great. They and the Free World need safety, security, strength and PEACE! This is a deal that needs to be made. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”
Donald Trump’s Truth Social post announcing his son’s arrival in Greenland.
Donald Trump / Social Truth
In an announcement, the Greenland government said the younger Trump’s visit was “in a private capacity,” not an official visit, and Greenland representatives would not meet with him.
Additionally, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday that “Greenland belongs to Greenlanders.” The the island “is not for sale”, she said, adding that “we have to stay calm and stick to our principles.”
Trump Jr. on Monday’s podcast, he said he was making the trip with none political motivations, calling it a “personal day trip.” However, the visit had political overtones.
The president-elect expressed his desire – also expressed during his first presidency – to amass territory within the Arctic, an area of strategic importance for the USA, China, Russia and others.
Shortly after his son landed in Greenland, Trump said at a press conference that he would not accomplish that exclude the usage of military force or economic coercion take control of Greenland, saying that “we need it for national security.”
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The largest island on the earth, Greenland, is situated between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and 80% of its area is roofed by ice. The autonomous territory has a population of roughly 56,000, most of them indigenous Inuit.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede has called for independence from Denmark, stating in a New Year’s speech that it might be a way for Greenland to free itself from its colonial past. But Egede also said he was not eager about Greenland joining the United States, saying the island was not for sale.
Independence has turn out to be a key issue ahead of the Greenland parliamentary elections. The date has not been set, however it should be no later than April 6.
Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told the Associated Press that it was is not eager about Greenland joining the United States and stated that she hears the identical opinion from her voters.
“Most people don’t want that,” she said. “I believe some people think it’s disrespectful. And the best way it was done, and the incontrovertible fact that you say you possibly can buy one other country.
Trump can be focused on Canada
Greenland is not the only location outside the United States where Trump has talked about taking up the United States and making it a part of the United States; cannot stop talking about Canada becoming the 51st state.
At the identical Tuesday press conference through which he said he did not rule out the usage of military force or economic coercion in Greenland, he threatened similar motion against Canada.
Asked by a reporter if he was considering the identical for “annexing and taking over Canada,” Trump replied: “No – economic force.”
“Canada and the United States would be really something,” he said. “Get rid of that artificially drawn line and look at what it looks like, and it would be much better for national security as well.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded shortly after Trump’s threats, writing on social media: “Is there no chance in hell for a snowball? that Canada will become part of the United States.”
“Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s largest trade and security partner,” he added.
Trump has repeatedly said the United States “subsidizes” Canada to the tune of $200 billion in trade and spends billions more on continental defense programs like NORAD than Canada, which he said has “mainly no military.”
“We don’t need their cars, we don’t need their wood,” he continued. “We don’t need anything they have. We don’t need their dairy products.
“We don’t need anything. So why are we losing $200 billion a year and more to protect Canada?”
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