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.

Donald Trump Jr., was expected to arrive in Greenland on Tuesday for a brief private visit after Trump reiterated that the United States needed to acquire the Danish territory on national security grounds.

Donald Trump Jr. will travel to Greenland this week in a surprise visit to the Arctic territory, just weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, rekindled the idea of buying the island from Denmark.

Greenland’s government said Donald Trump Jr.‘s visit would take place “as a private individual” and not as an official visit.

Donald Trump Jr. mingled with a small group of hastily gathered MAGA-hat-wearing Greenlanders to extol the virtues of being part of America. Some locals did the Donald Trump dance while being filmed.

The son of future President Donald Trump made a glitzy visit to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, last week, he says, to record a video. The timing for the visit seems remarkable, as his father has set his sights on Greenland and is eager to buy the territory.