Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is, unsurprisingly, not a huge fan of this idea. On Tuesday, with Trump’s son Donald Jr. visiting the island, she said that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
Musk had his say on X too, writing: “If the people of Greenland want to be part of America, which I hope they do, they would be most welcome!”
Netherlands
Musk’s preference for hanging out with hard-right figures was on show yet again during his chinwag with Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who has long campaigned on an anti-Islam and anti-migration platform.
The X owner highlighted the country’s low birth rate and claimed that “the Dutch nation will die out by its own hand.” With 12 children of his own, Musk should have plenty of useful tips for the demure Dutch.
Venezuela
Venezuela’s firebrand left-wing President Nicolás Maduro banned X for 10 days last August after coming to blows with Musk. The X owner branded Maduro a “dictator” and a “clown” and accused him of “major election fraud.” To be fair, that last bit is also the assessment of the current U.S. administration.
Finland
In his pre-X era, Musk mocked then-Finnish PM Sanna Marin for visiting a nightclub in late 2021 after being exposed to someone with Covid-19. His meme included a picture of two young adults in a nightclub with the captions: “So what do you do for a living? I am the Prime Minister of Finland.” He followed up with a post saying Marin “seems cool,” prompting the then-PM to talk up her country’s climate cred.