Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

All the different hoaxes, and the new one is, ‘President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk,’” Trump said.

Donald Trump has said that acquiring Greenland is necessary "for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world."

Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that's part of its kingdom was not for sale.

President-elect Donald Trump has revived his desire to claim Greenland from Denmark for the US. Buying Greenland from an autonomous Danish territory was Trump's top priority during his first term in office.