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.'s visit to Nuuk, Greenland, was expected to last four to five hours on Tuesday. No meetings were scheduled with government officials.

Donald Trump appeared to call his son, Donald Trump Jr, while he was on a trip to the autonomous Arctic territory on Tuesday, 7 January. It came as the president-elect continued to express an interest in acquiring Greenland 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.