Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump Jr. greeted by MAGA hats in Greenland as talk of US acquisition heats up

Donald Trump Jr., incoming director of the Presidential Personnel Office Sergio Gor, Charlie Kirk, and others were greeted by a crowd with MAGA hats as they visited Greenland on Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump called them on the phone. 

On the call, Trump said that the island nation was needed for security around the world. This comes after Trump has signaled that he is wanting to purchase the island of Greenland for the United States.

Trump called Greenland a “special place” that “needs security for itself and also needs security very much for the world.” He added that the location of the island nation is of particular consequence because there is a lot of water traffic through the area.

“Our country needs it and the whole world needs it,” Trump added on the call, because it is "strategically located."

Yesterday, Elon Musk echoed similar sentiments for the people of Greenland to join with the United States, and said, "The people of Greenland should decide their future and I think they want to be part of America!"

Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. spoke to several younger people at the small store they held the meeting at where Trump called in. When asked by Kirk what the youth thought of America, they responded that it was “great” and that they support Trump.

The president-elect's son was greeted by a warm crowd as he landed in the nation.

After Trump expressed the desire to purchase Greenland for the United States, the island nation’s prime minister, Múte Egede, said that “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale."

However, in light of Trump’s comments, Egede has called for the country to have independence from Denmark, which has some control over the government there. Greenland was a colony of the nation from 1721 to 1953, but has remained a district of Denmark.