'Open for business': Here’s why Donald Trump Jr. is headed to Greenland

06 January

After President-elect Donald Trump expressed interest in the United States buying Greenland, Prime Minister Múte B. Egede bluntly declared that the island (a territory of Denmark) "is not for sale."

But Trump hasn't given up on the idea, and on January 6, Denmark's DRTV reported that his son, GOP activist Donald Trump Jr., is on his way to Greenland.

Mininnguaq Kleist, who heads the Greenland Department of Foreign Affairs, told DRTV that the younger Trump is expected to arrive on Tuesday, January 7.

According to DRTV's Tobias Leth Blade, Erik Jensen — who chairs Greenland's Siumut Party — isn't as blunt as Egede in saying that that Greenland isn't for sale.

In a press release, Jensen said, "Although Trump knows that Greenland is not for sale, we would like to emphasize that Trump is more than welcome to visit Greenland, and that we at Siumut are also open to visiting him in the United States."

According to fellow DRTV reporter Steffen Kretz, Don Jr.'s visit to Greenland shows that the U.S. president-elect "is sending a much clearer signal than when he said that the United States should just buy Greenland."

"The visit comes as voices in Greenland are becoming increasingly vocal in their long-held desire for independence," Kretz explains. "This is combined with a new American desire, expressed by incoming President Trump, who has shown some thoughts on a way to expand American reach and presence in the world. For example, he has suggested that the United States should take control of the Panama Canal. He has also said that Canada should be part of the United States. And he has mentioned that Greenland should fall under the American national security umbrella."

Kretz adds, "Greenland is not for sale, but Greenland is 'open for business,' as they say themselves. They want to do business with the United States."

Read DRTV's reporting on Greenland at this link.

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