Homeless people with "MAGA" caps: Were there really Trump supporters on Greenland?

By Steffen Trumpf

Nuuk (Greenland) - During their visit to Greenland, Donald Trump Jr. (47) and his companions reportedly recruited people with the prospect of a free lunch at a posh hotel in order to portray them as Trump supporters in videos.

This was reported by the Danish broadcaster DR. Several sources told the broadcaster that the videos surrounding the short trip of the son of US President-elect Donald Trump (78) included several homeless and other socially disadvantaged people, who are often seen outside a supermarket next to the hotel.

"These are homeless and old people who can suddenly eat in a restaurant they've never been to before," a long-time resident of the capital Nuuk was quoted as saying by the broadcaster.

To be there, all they had to do was put on "Make America Great Again" caps and participate in the Trump staffers' videos. "They are being bribed, and that is extremely distasteful," he said.

Videos from the newspaper "Ekstra Bladet" also showed how people on the street were approached by Trump employees and given "MAGA" caps. They show, among others, an elderly woman wearing such a cap who did not even know the name of the person she was supposed to eat with - Trump Jr. She simply went along, she said.

An avowed Trump supporter who showed Trump Jr. around the Greenlandic capital Nuuk denied to DR that the people had been "recruited" outside the supermarket. Rather, they had stood in front of the hotel themselves and shown interest.

Despite this, Trump continues to exploit his son's trip in the media. In a post on his social network Truth Social, the 78-year-old thanked the Greenlanders for treating his son and other representatives "so nicely".

He also posted a video in which Greenlanders wearing "MAGA" caps praise him, endorse the purchase of Greenland by the USA or agree with the question of whether they wanted to be part of America.

"We'll see you again - soon!" Trump wrote. It is unclear whether he is actually planning a trip to the island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Donald Jr.'s trip to Greenland attracted a great deal of attention, as his father Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to visit Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, in the past.

At a press conference on Tuesday - the day of his son's visit to Greenland - Trump senior also did not rule out using military or economic coercion to gain control of the world's largest island.

Several European NATO states reacted to these statements with criticism and incomprehension.

Trump's statements are being taken very seriously in Denmark.

The government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (47) briefed the leaders of the parliamentary parties on the matter on Thursday evening.

Frederiksen then told reporters that a meeting with Trump had been proposed, but that she did not expect it to take place until after the Republican had been sworn into office on January 20.