Trump Sr. called for US ownership of Greenland. Now Trump Jr. is visiting

CNN — Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland on Tuesday, just weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, ruffled feathers by reiterating his desire to obtain control over the autonomous Danish territory. Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photo with Sergio Gor and Charlie Kirk in Greenland on January 7 in this photo posted to his X account from Donald Trump Jr/X In a Truth Social post Monday, the president-elect had said his son would be traveling to the island along with “various representatives” to “visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights” and again expressed his interest in taking over the vast Arctic territory. The US president-elect last month made headlines when he resurfaced his desire to obtain the territory, calling it an “absolute necessity” for “purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world.” He previously floated the idea of purchasing Greenland from Denmark in his first term as president, but the idea was shot down by the island’s government, which said at the time that it was “not for sale.” When Trump resurfaced the issue in December, Egede responded that the island was “not for sale and will never be for sale” – comments that were echoed by the office of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who has previously called the idea “absurd.” A member of Greenland’s parliament told CNN on Tuesday that US President-elect Donald Trump and his eldest son “are extremely welcome” in the autonomous Danish territory. “Greenland’s economy needs to be diversified … So Donald Trump Junior, and even his father and other administration from the US are extremely welcome here in Greenland as visitors … and also maybe more officially in the future,” Kuno Fencker – a spokesperson for the Siumut Party, Greenland’s second largest – told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Tuesday. “We are working on creating a sovereign country, which is Greenland,” Fencker added, saying that it should be Greenlanders’ decision “on what kind of state we would like to be and also who we should cooperate with.” Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photo in Greenland on January 7 in this photo posted to his X account from Donald Trump Jr/X Trump is not the first American leader to have expressed an interest in controlling Greenland, which is home to Thule Air Base, the US military’s northernmost base, located about 750 miles above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951.