Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, visited Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on 7th (local time) and attended a luncheon at a hotel with locals, where participants who wore hats inscribed with Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" were homeless individuals recruited from the streets, reported the British daily The Guardian on the 16th.
Jørgen Boe-Kastrup, the representative of the hotel Hans Egede where the event was held, noted to The Guardian that "Most of the attendees of the luncheon were not Trump supporters but homeless individuals who were recruited from the streets with the bait of a free lunch by Trump Jr. and his aides," adding, "They initially did not know who was offering the free lunch and learned later who Trump Jr. was."
On the day Trump pressured to "buy Greenland," Trump Jr. visited Greenland and had lunch with about 15 locals. During that time, Trump Jr. was connected via speakerphone with Trump and told the locals, "We will treat you well."
Boe-Kastrup said, "It was a bit odd that day because I saw guests I had never seen before at our hotel, and probably we would not see them again because the lunch was too expensive," adding that they had a traditional Greenlandic lunch that day that included fish and reindeer.
However, Trump Jr.'s side denied these claims. A spokesperson for Trump Jr. said to The Guardian, "It's a ridiculous claim."