Turns Out Donald Trump Was Serious About Buying Greenland And Is Punishing Denmark For Saying No | HuffPost News - Action News
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Posted: 2019-08-21T09:11:07Z | Updated: 2019-08-21T09:11:07Z

Last week reports that Donald Trump had floated the idea of buying the entire country of Greenland were widely dismissed as yet another headline-grabbing stunt from the US president.

Turns out he was deadly serious.

On Tuesday night Trump declared on Twitter , naturally that he was cancelling a scheduled meeting with Denmark s prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale.

Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksens comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time....

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Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksens comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time....

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019

....The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!

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....The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had called Trumps musing about buying Greenland a semi-autonomous territory owned by Denmark an absurd discussion after the former real estate mogul began to talk up the idea.

LOL.
To recap, you cancelled a visit with an ally because they refused to consider [checks notes] SELLING YOU PART OF THEIR COUNTRY.

You're such a damn punk.

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LOL.
To recap, you cancelled a visit with an ally because they refused to consider [checks notes] SELLING YOU PART OF THEIR COUNTRY.

You're such a damn punk.

Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) August 21, 2019

Since the initial reports of Trumps desire to do a deal over Greenland, he had said that he was interested in such a deal for strategic purposes on Sunday, but said a purchase was not a priority at this time.

Its not No. 1 on the burner, he told reporters.

We pamper North Korea but snub #Denmark. I really didnt see this coming.

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We pamper North Korea but snub #Denmark . I really didnt see this coming.

Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 21, 2019

The president even joked about his proposal as it came in for ridicule, tweeting a doctored photo of a glistening Trump skyscraper looming over a small village in the Arctic territory.

I promise not to do this to Greenland, he joked on Monday.

I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA

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I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019

The White House announced in late July that Trump had accepted an invitation to visit Denmarks Queen Margrethe and participate in a series of meetings, including with Frederiksen and business leaders.

The trip, set to begin at the end of August, included a stop in Poland for Trump to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.

Trump is expected to go ahead with the Poland portion of the trip.