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.

President-elect Donald Trump was back in the Valley for the first time since winning re-election. He was the keynote speaker on Sunday, Dec. 22 at the AmericaFest convention in downtown Phoenix.

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.

Donald Trump stated that "American possession and control over Greenland is an absolute necessity." According to him, this would be essential "for the purposes of national security and freedom around the world.