Donald Trump Jr visits Greenland amid father’s interest in island

President-elect's son says visit is personal day trip' as Danish PM says autonomous territory is not for sale'

Donald Trump Jr touched down in Greenland on Tuesday, hours after his father reiterated his interest in taking control of the Arctic autonomous territory, pledging to make Greenland great again".

After arriving in the Greenlandic capital in a Trump-branded plane, he told a waiting crowd in the Nuuk airport arrivals hall - some wearing red Make America Great Again caps - that he was very excited to be here". It was, he said, a little colder here than it is in Florida", adding that the US president-elect says hello to everyone in Greenland".