When President-elect Donald Trump mused about buying Greenland from Denmark during his first administration, the Danish prime minister called the idea “absurd” and rebuffed him outright.

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede speaks at a press conference during the opening of the European Commission's new office in Nuuk, Greenland, March 15, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix/Leiff Josefsen via REUTERS/File Photo COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Greenland's leader will meet the Danish king in Copenhagen on Wednesday,

The eldest son of President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Greenland on Tuesday for a private visit that heightened speculation that the incoming U.S. administration could seek to take control of the mineral-rich Danish territory that's home to a large U.