John Fetterman On Upcoming Mar-a-Lago Visit: “I Demand to Be Made Pope of Greenland!”

Sen. John Fetterman is set to be the first Congressional Democrat to meet President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Whatever you think of him, he had a hilarious response when asked by reporters about his upcoming visit.

Fetterman looked at the press with a completely deadpan expression and said: “I demand that I need to be made Pope of Greenland.”

Epic trolling.

Watch here:

🔥Fetterman trolls the media as they ask him about his meeting at Mar a Lago.
“I demand to be the Pope of Greenland”, then claims he is not just the Gov. of PA. Democrats, but of all the people.
Who knew Fetterman would turn out to be so based? pic.twitter.com/ru847ri1zp

— Still🏝️Roaming (@roaming_rn) January 10, 2025

REPORTER: What are you hoping to get out of your visit to Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump?

SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN: "I demand that I need to be made Pope of Greenland."

H/t @KellieMeyerNews pic.twitter.com/F5L7BWXxtj

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 10, 2025

On Thursday, it was announced that John Fetterman accepted an invitation from President Trump to meet with him at Mar-a-Lago.

But, the date of their meeting has not yet been revealed.

The New York Post has more details:

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has agreed to meet President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate — making him the first congressional Democrat to accept such an invite — as he joked to reporters that he demands to be made “Pope of Greenland.”

“I think that one, he’s the president, or he will be officially,” Fetterman, 55, told CBS News, which was the first to report on the upcoming meeting.

“And I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation — or invite someone to have a conversation — to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper,” the 6-foot-8 Pennsylvania senator known for frequently donning gym shorts in the halls of Congress bluntly told the outlet.

“I’m angling to be named the Pope of Greenland,” Fetterman later told reporters on Capitol Hill, referring to the incoming commander in chief’s desire to annex the ice-covered Danish territory.

It is unclear when he and Trump will have their sitdown.

Raw Story added:

A Trump official told Politico that the men would likely have a “very robust and far-reaching conversation about policy” involving Cabinet nominees, the reconciliation package and energy.

“This is such a ‘pick-me’ move by John. I obviously hate it, but it’s also kind of hilarious and epic,” a former Fetterman staffer told Politico.

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News Nation’s Kellie Meyer spoke with Fetterman outside his office Thursday afternoon and asked what he wants of Trump.

He jokingly replied that he wanted to be the “Pope of Greenland,” a reference to Trump’s desire to acquire the island that’s currently part of Denmark.