Donald Trump Jr. Pays Visit To Greenland As Acquisition Talks Intensify

President-elect Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., visited Greenland on Tuesday alongside a delegation of Trump allies and former government officials. The visit comes as President-elect Donald Trump has doubled down on his desire to purchase the resource-rich territory from Denmark after initially announcing the plan during his first term in office.

Trump Jr. landed in Nuuk, the arctic territory’s capital, to meet with residents, visit cultural sites and film a new episode of his “Triggered” podcast, which routinely tops charts on Rumble. President-elect Trump, shortly after the visit to Greenland  was publicly announced, shared a video of his son’s plane emboldened with the words “TRUMP” as it touched down in Nuuk’s recently built international airport. “Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “The reception has been great. They, and the Free World, need safety, security, strength, and PEACE! This is a deal that must happen. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”

@RealDonaldTrump via Truth Social

Trump Jr. was accompanied by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a staunch ally of the president-elect’s who played a key role in get-out-the-vote efforts in key swing state’s during the 2024 Election cycle. Sergio For, who ran a pro-Trump political action committee during the campaign cycle, also accompanied Trump Jr. eldest son on the visit to Greenland.

“Greenland coming in hot… well, actually, really really cold!!!!” the president-elect’s eldest son wrote in an X post alongside a view from a helicopter as the delegation departed the airport. He later posted two photos of the delegation in the arctic territory with the caption, “Greenland is beautiful!!!”

The delegation also met with a number of Greenland residents in Nuuk, many of whom identified themselves as supporters of a U.S. acquisition. At one point during the trip, Trump Jr. met with a group of Greenlanders who donned red “Make America Great Again” hats inside a cafe. He later called his father, who spoke to the crowd over speakerphone and vowed to “treat Greenland well” should the acquisition go through. “So, I just want to say that it’s a very special place. It needs security for itself, but it also needs security very much for the world. You see the people and the ships sailing around and they’re not the right ships. And they’re not the ships you want to know about. So we need security and our country needs it and the whole world needs it,” the president-elect said over the phone.

Trump went on to reiterate that acquiring the territory is of vital security interest for the United States and the world as a whole. “We’re learning a lot. It’s been great. It’s an incredibly beautiful place. The people are incredible. The welcome was spectacular,” Trump told the enthusiastic group of Greenland residents before instructing Trump Jr. to “be good.” The packed diner then erupted into cheers when the president-elect mentioned the prospect of a direct acquisition from Denmark.

Donald Trump Jr. meets with a group of pro-Trump Greenland residents in Nuuk

Donald Trump Jr., Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor pose for a photo shortly after landing in Greenland

Trump first made a reference to buying Greenland — which is currently an autonomous overseas territory of Denmark — during his first term in the White House. The social media post, which contained an image of the iconic Trump Tower photoshopped onto the arctic territory, was widely seen as a joke at the time, though Trump has doubled down on his intention to acquire Greenland since winning re-election in November.

During a lengthy press conference on Tuesday, the president-elect reiterated that acquiring Greenland and expanding U.S. territory is a vital national security goal. “Well, we need Greenland for national security purposes. I’ve been told that for a long time, long before I even ran. I mean, people have been talking about it for a long time,” Trump told reporters. “You have approximately 45,000 people there. People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it. But if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security. That’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world. You look at, you don’t even need binoculars. You look outside, you have China ships all over the place. You have Russian ships all over the place. We’re not letting that happen.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has claimed that Denmark is not for sale, though the territory’s leader recently announced that Greenland will soon be pushing for independence. “The Greenlandic people’s opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede recently announced during a New Year’s Day speech.

“A draft constitution for our country has also been prepared,” he said. “Work has already begun with regard to creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state within the possibilities and provisions of the Self-Government Act.”

Egged meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021

Egede has previously stated that Greenland is not for sale and has rejected Trump’s plans to acquire the territory. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” he said in response to a Christmas Eve Truth Social post from the president-elect. Egede expanded on his statement in the New Years Day speech, pointing to several steps taken towards improving the territory’s autonomy, including the building of a new international airport. “In the coming summer, it will now be possible to reach us directly from other countries, without first traveling via Denmark, it will therefore be possible for us to develop and govern our country more independently,” he said, adding that plans for additional airports are underway.

While Egede has thus far rejected the prospect of an acquisition, a successful independence referendum from Denmark could provide a crucial step towards an eventual merger with the United States.