A source briefed on the matter told the Times that Trump’s braintrust has begun formulating advertising and social media outreach efforts ― one of which is to pitch the link between the Inuit people of Alaska and the Inuit residents of Greenland. The latter are descended from Inuit people who migrated out of Alaska centuries ago.

The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals.