Don Jr. ally denies lunch guests were homeless as hotel chief reveals he met them 'in the street'

Donald Trump Jr. recently visited Greenland to promote his father's proposals for the island, a Danish territory.

President-elect Donald Trump proposes buying Greenland, but Greenland Prime Minister Múte B. Egede is adamantly opposed and maintains that the island "is not for sale." And the older Trump insists that acquiring Greenland is a matter of "national security" for the United States.

Trump Jr. hosted a lunch at the Hotel Hans Egede in Nuuk, where Greenlanders were seen wearing red MAGA hats. But according to the hotel's chief executive, Jørgen Bay-Kastrup, many of them were not hardcore MAGA supporters, but rather, homeless people chosen at random.

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The Guardian's Miranda Brant reports that Bay-Kastrup said Trump Jr. “just met them in the street and invited them for lunch, or his staff did."

Bay-Kastrup, who is Danish, added, "But I don't think they knew who they were inviting. That, of course, was a little bit strange to us because we saw guests that we have never seen in our hotel before — and will probably never see again because it's out of their economical means."

According to Bay-Kastrup, "They were just, 'Hey, somebody invited us for lunch; let's go and join him.' I think they found out later who it was."

But Arthur Schwartz, an ally of Trump Jr., denies that the group of men were homeless.

“Do you think Donald Trump Jr was wandering around Greenland inviting homeless people … to lunch, or do you realise that the suggestion sounds so beyond the pale ridiculous that you should feel stupid even asking the question?" Schwartz asked.

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Read The Guardian's full article at this link.