Trump Jr arrives in Greenland amid father's interest in seizing the island

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Donald Trump Jr arrives in Greenland for a "personal trip" after controversial and threatening remarks made by his President-elect father suggesting the US should own the North Atlantic territory.

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00:00Donald Trump Jr. made a surprise visit to Greenland.

00:06His trip comes as tensions are heightened after his father, U.S. President-elect Donald

00:10Trump, sparked a controversy as he expressed his intent of controlling Greenland.

00:15Many reporters flooded the capital's Nuuk airport upon hearing the news of his visit

00:20with one question on their mind.

00:22Why are you here?

00:23Here as tourists, seeing it, it looks like an incredible place we've been talking about

00:27going for a while.

00:28I was supposed to be here last spring for some of the stuff I do in my free time, but

00:32just really excited to be here.

00:36Shortly after Trump's arrival in Greenland, Trump Sr. held a press conference at his Florida

00:41Mar-a-Lago estate, adding fuel to the fire.

00:45Trump reaffirmed his interest in seizing Greenland, refusing to rule out the use of military and

00:50economic force to achieve that objective.

00:52I can't assure you, you're talking about Panama and Greenland, no I can't assure you on either

00:57of those two.

00:58He's even ramped up threats to Denmark, warning Copenhagen against not complying with Washington's

01:04bid to purchase the island.

01:06If Denmark wants to get to a conclusion, but nobody knows if they even have any right title

01:12or interest, the people are going to probably vote for independence or to come into the

01:16United States.

01:17But if they did, if they did do that, then I would tariff Denmark at a very high level.

01:24Denmark's prime minister reacted to the new developments, reaffirming Copenhagen's unwavering

01:29position of Greenland not being for sale.

01:54This isn't the first time Washington had attempted to gain control of Greenland.

02:20In 1946, U.S. officials offered Denmark $100 million worth of gold bars to take ownership

02:26of the world's largest island.

02:29And just like it failed back then, Danish and Greenlandic officials say it won't work

02:33this time either.

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