Denmark’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday that President Donald Trump’s eldest son plans to visit Greenland. Donald Trump Jr. is set to arrive on the world’s largest island, just two weeks after his father suggested he wanted to annex it. There are no plans for talks with Greenlandic officials, as reported.
-Donald Trump Jr. will visit Greenland. Denmark’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that it would not comment further because this is not an official visit by a U.S. representative.
Donald Trump Jr. will visit Greenland
– Details regarding Donald Trump Jr.’s visit are unknown. Greenlandic diplomat Miningak Kleist told Danish public television DR that the details of the trip had not been made public and that it appeared to be a personal trip.
According to his statement, during Trump Jr.’s visit. There were also no meetings scheduled with Greenlandic officials.
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Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Edege was scheduled to meet King Frederick X in Copenhagen on Wednesday, but the visit was postponed due to scheduling conflicts, according to local reports.
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Donald Trump reaches out to the island. Local government: we are not for sale
Just before Christmas, Donald Trump said, “For purposes of national security and freedom everywhere, the United States believes that ownership and control of Greenland is absolutely necessary.”
The island’s government then responded in a manner similar to that in 2019, when Trump was the first US president and wanted to purchase the island.
– Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and never will be. We cannot afford to lose the long fight for freedom, Prime Minister Egede declared.
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Moreover, Trump was not the first US president to propose purchasing the world’s largest island. A similar proposal had already been made by President Harry Truman in 1945.
On Monday, the U.S. Congress met to officially count the electors and confirm the election of Donald Trump as president. This officially ended the entire election process. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for January 20th.
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