Donald Trump reportedly joked with his top aides about trading Puerto Rico for Greenland

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President Trump has been talking in private about buying Greenland for over a year, according to a report by the New York Times.

Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded to Trump's interest by repeatedly stating that Greenland is not up for sale. Frederiksen also called the entire situation"an absurd discussion."

President Donald J. Trump walks along to colonnade with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis before a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Trump has been mocked over the past several days for his suggestion that the United States buy Greenland.Trump did not handle the response well and abruptly canceled an upcoming trip to the nation after he was invited for an official visit by the Queen of Denmark.

 

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Sounds like a good trade to me! 😄

Hmmmmm....

More anonymous source stuff.

What a bastard. Can we trade Trump for a real democractic president who loves Americans?

Wow.... now humor is front page news. No wonder your readership is so low... sad

Pretty funny actually.

Hope Donald is aware Kashmir is for sale.. Leave Greenland, take over Kashmir

Oh No! Not Jokes! Anything but jokes!

What a great idea!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

or or moving the panama canal to the US Mexico border

CNN MSNBC Lawrence Once again, realDonaldTrump proves he's totally ignorant. He thinks he'd be trading a Brown territory, Puerto Rico, for a white one, Greenland. Somebody should tell the racist idiot that 88% of Greenland's population is Inuit, not white.

You should squeeze that

Great idea. No joke!

Puerto Rico AND California! Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Great idea. I vote YES!

What a surprise.

Sounds like a good trade and it would be a hell of a lot cheaper on upkeep.

Joked Muffucka ain’t joking.. he will do everything and anything he’s mind thinks.

Yes, and we can toss California in for free

“according to a former official who heard him, he reportedly joked in a meeting about trading Puerto Rico for Greenland.” Sure. That’s solid. fabrication NiceTry MAGA

Trump after reading this:

Fake news, lies. is as reliable as CNN. Never reporting accomplishments (which are many) only reporting lies or negative stories. Fake news owned by the left (Democrats) ...Journalistic integrity gone

Considering that Trump never lifted a finger to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria the Puerto Ricans might be more willing to be the Caribbean Vikings than the U.S territory no one in Washington DC gives a rat's arse about.

“Joked”

Here’s the thing: Sometimes he jokes but there is a reason he does it and often there is a hint of truth but also he does it to inflame his critics. And it works.

Well... of course he did...

Of course, he fucking did 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬🖕🏼 fucktrump fuckracism fucknazis if you vote for trump, you support racism - Don’t me.

We'll trade Trump for an old pair of wooden shoes with splinters

That works

💥⚡😤👊🔒🔗🏥🏥🏥🏥🏥🏥🏥

Given the choice, residents of both islands would probably pick going with Denmark.

Brown people 4 white?

And don't even think about Iceland. The Prime Minister is incommunicado.

OH THE OUTRAGE NEWSWEEK!!

Fake news!

Greenland GreenlandIsNotForSale

ClownInChief

WhiteSupremacistInChief

Wow... just wow

He wasn’t joking...

msnbc cnn cnnbrk MSNBC_Breaking Morning_Joe Eugene_Robinson TheLastWord maddow Trump: 'If Denmark won't SELL Greenland for CASH straight up we'll THROW in Puerto Rico. A sh*thole country if there ever was one. We come out way ahead. Greenland's all WHITE people, right?'

ImpeachTrumpNow

Good idea

I think California would be a better trade

poppazo2001 this one shocks me0

I'd even throw in California

They are citizens whether he recognizes it or not. And thus for the nation.

Trump is not kidding, he really considered swapping Puerro Rico for Greenland. Trump's mind is stuck on the Monopoly game. Poor guy, he's never grown up.

Would be great for Puerto Rico! Maybe get a government that cared about them and treated them as citizens!

Trump is playing 'Risk' on mushrooms at this point. 25thAmendmentNow

Not funny. Nothing to joke about.

Someone needs to tell Donald Trump that this is not a game of Monopoly, this is real life!!

Hell I would trade California for Sweden.

A bad joke.

Yes i'm sure this racist was just 'joking'🙄

And PR is like:

He. Does. Not. Joke.

Danes might like Puerto Rico and treat it with appreciation and respect. Says a lot of the person who thought this up than he tried to imply about the island of Puerto Rico

Funny!

Hum. Wonder why? What could be different? Must just be a big bjork fan

I read that he said he’d trade California for Greenland. How about doble checking?

Good trade.

I'd do it. PR is a shithole.

How about we trade Pres. Trump for a new president to be determined later.

Idea - How about we trade Pres. Trump for a president to be determined later.

I will trade Trump for a toothache.

That would be a good trade and I'm not joking.

Does he really think you would understand Danish better than he understands Spanish?

Fake News. Obviously fake.

where's the joke? do it in a heart beat.

It’s almost like he has a sense of humor or something. This offends some people, for reasons unknown.

Would be a good trade

... because ice and snow won't complain about the government's response to a hurricane...

🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻this administration

That would be a great Trade considering they cost us year in and year out 20 billion a year as they have never been self sufficient ever

HE WASNT JOKING!

Real thigh-slapper that crazed orange Jaysus.

Will trade him for a balloon

Donald trump is a loser. 💯

thinkpuertorico Racist! Don’t worry tho, PuertoRico doesn’t care about you either! ❤️🇵🇷realDonaldTrump

Seems fitting seeing as how all of the problems with the local government there are entirely Trump’s fault. They were totally prepared to handle a storm that had an extremely high probability of occurring at some point.

So....

to funny!!

Not shocked or suprised he'd rather deal with inside wrist white verses well aged toffe toned citizen's, every chance he can.

Que pendejo,,,,,,,ese Trumpo.....

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Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister refuses to sell GreenlandLess than two weeks before his scheduled trip to Denmark, President Trump announced on Twitter that he has postponed his visit to Copenhagen after the Danish Prime Minister said she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland The Troller-In-Chief has done it once again.... There's a reason he mentions Greenland, and y'all are too filled with hate to understand. The powers that be at know, but they don't want you to know. Here's just one reason: So, the orangeidiot thought he could keep this under wraps and try to swing this deal when he was there. But it leaked, and he had to own it and then got spanked hard by Denmark. Sound right? 😂😂😂😂
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Denmark 'disappointed and surprised' by Trump trip cancellation over GreenlandDenmark's prime minister said Wednesday that she was 'surprised' by President Donald Trump cancelling his trip after she called his idea of buying Greenland 'absurd.' Thank God for your Country you don’t want him. Wow, what a well spoken leader, unlike the POTUS who is a fool and a bully. May Denmark always live and peace and security. Enjoy the company of a great president BarackObama when he visits....! I feel she was very polite and showed great statemenship and diplomacy over the way our President acted. 2021 there is going to be a whole lot of fence repair, after Trump. At least oir allies, have all had their sketons in their closets. Still it does not make it right.
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