The president’s interest in acquiring Greenland, initially assumed by some in the White House to be a throwaway comment, has grown into an international flap after the Wall Street Journal reported on it a week ago. | Scott Olson/Getty Images elections GOP fundraises off Greenland flap: 'Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!'

House Republicans’ campaign arm is not only standing behind President Donald Trump’s bid to buy Greenland — it's fundraising off it.

The National Republican Congressional Committee began running a promotion in which donors contributing $25 or more receive a limited-edition T-shirt depicting the semiautonomous Arctic island, part of the Kingdom of Denmark, as part of the U.S.


“Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!” reads the promotion touting the limited-edition tee. The red shirt features a map of the continental U.S., along with silhouettes of Alaska, Hawaii and Greenland patterned with the American flag.

The president’s interest in acquiring Greenland, initially assumed by some in the White House to be a throwaway comment, has grown into an international flap after The Wall Street Journal reported on it a week ago.

Greenland’s foreign ministry asserted the next day that the island is “open for business, not for sale,” and Trump canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark after its prime minister called his interest in a purchase “absurd.”

On Wednesday, Trump slammed the prime minister’s “nasty” statement, asserting it was needlessly rude. Later on Twitter, he singled out Denmark, complaining that the Scandinavian country is yet another member of NATO not meeting its spending commitments under the multilateral defense pact.

The NRCC has gotten walloped in fundraising by its Democratic counterpart as the GOP looks to retake the House next year, raising $4.1 million last month, compared with the DCCC's $7.3 million.