President-elect Trump ramped up his requires the U.S. to take possession of Greenland in an amusing social media submit on Monday.
The transfer comes because the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is getting ready to journey to Greenland on Tuesday. The journey can be undertaken in a private capability, and he isn’t anticipated to fulfill with authorities officers.
In a Fact Social submit, President-elect Trump mentioned that he was “listening to that the folks of Greenland are ‘MAGA’.” The Republican hooked up a video that purportedly exhibits a Greenlander asking the U.S. to purchase his nation.
“For those who may inform Trump something, what would it not be?” a girl is heard asking the person within the video.
“Purchase us. Purchase Greenland,” the person, who was carrying a MAGA hat, replied.
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A video seems to point out a Greenlander asking Trump to purchase his nation. (iStock / Getty Photos)
The Greenlander then added that he “liked People” and needed to be freed from the Danish authorities.
“We do not need to be colonized by Danish authorities anymore,” he defined. “We get ripped [off] yearly [with] our minerals from Greenland. We’re the richest nation on this planet. And we do not get to make use of it. Denmark’s utilizing us an excessive amount of.”
In his message, Trump confirmed that he plans to go to Greenland within the close to future and that his son, Donald Trump, Jr., can be within the nation quickly. The president-elect mentioned that he plans to see a few of the island’s “most opulent areas and sights.”
“Greenland is an unbelievable place, and the folks will profit tremendously if, and when, it turns into a part of our Nation,” Trump wrote on Monday. “We’ll defend it, and cherish it, from a really vicious outdoors World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump’s newest submit comes two weeks after he first made headlines by expressing help for U.S. possession of Greenland.
“[F]or functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, america of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” the president-elect’s Fact Social submit learn.
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President-elect Donald Trump and his spouse Melania Trump arrive on New 12 months’s Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Membership on December 31, 2024 in Palm Seashore, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Photos)
In response, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede declared curiosity in his nation gaining independence from Denmark.
“The upcoming new election interval should, along with the residents, create these new steps, based mostly on the foundations which have already been created,” Egede mentioned. “It’s about time that we ourselves take a step and form our future, additionally with regard to who we’ll cooperate carefully with, and who our buying and selling companions can be.”
Trump has thought-about buying Greenland for a number of years now. In 2019, he floated the concept of shopping for Greenland and known as it “a big actual property deal.”
“Quite a lot of issues may be accomplished. It’s hurting Denmark very badly as a result of they’re shedding nearly $700 million a yr carrying it,” Trump mentioned on the time. “So, they carry it at nice loss, and strategically for the United States, it could be good. And, we’re a giant ally of Denmark and we assist Denmark, and we defend Denmark.”
Throughout a “Fox Information Sunday” interview about Trump’s remarks, then-White Home chief financial adviser Larry Kudlow confirmed that the president’s sentiment was real.
“Greenland is a strategic place up there, and they have numerous helpful minerals,” Kudlow defined on the time.
Homes are seen on the shoreline in Nuuk, Greenland. (Marli Miller/UCG/Common Photos Group by way of Getty Photos)
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“I do not need to predict an consequence. I’m simply saying the president, who is aware of a factor or two about shopping for actual property, desires to have a look.”
Fox Information’ Nick Givas and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
