A Fox News correspondent went to Greenland and said “most” people she spoke to were critical of Donald Trump’s push to take control of the Danish territory.
Reporting from Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, Alex Hogan said on Tuesday there had been a “lot of mixed reaction” there about the president-elect’s pitch.
She started by sharing snippets of an interview with an “avid Trump supporter,” Jørgen Boassen. He was kitted out in Trump merch and said Greenland is the “front door” to the U.S., suggesting the island could need protection from Russia and China.
It seemed as though Fox News could not find many others who shared his views.
“Most other Greenlanders we spoke with quickly bashed Trump’s comments, calling them offensive,” Hogan reported.
The conservative network showed clips of several interviewees saying they would prefer to remain with Denmark. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark with its own parliament.
Trump has in recent weeks revived his call for the U.S. to purchase the territory, despite pushback from Danish and Greenlandic officials.
In a rambling press conference last week, he declined to rule out using military force to take control of it, saying “we need Greenland for national security purposes.”
His son, Donald Trump Jr., visited Greenland last week and claimed the people there were fed up with Danish control. He also claimed locals “love America and Trump” and posed for photos with people wearing MAGA hats, which according to local media, were handed out by his team.
A member of Greenland’s parliament said much of the visit was “staged to make it seem like we — the Greenlandic people — were MAGA and love to be a part of the USA.”
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Trump Jr., in an interview about his visit, also hinted at another reason his father might be interested in acquiring Greenland, citing its “rare minerals” and “great natural resources.”