"an absurd discussion." The semi-autonomous Danish territory located in the Arctic has caught the eye of several countries in recent years, including Russia and China, due to its resources and geographical location for national security purposes.
The remarks by Frederiksen caught the ire of Trump, who on Tuesday evening abruptly canceled a Labor Day weekend trip to Denmark via Twitter, much to the"[B]ased on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's 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," he wrote in a series of tweets.
....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!Speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, the president further laid into Frederiksen, calling her comments"nasty" and accusing her of"blowing off the United States.
"I thought that the prime minister's statement — that it was 'absurd,' that it was an 'absurd' idea — it was nasty. I thought it was an inappropriate statement. All she had to do is say, 'No, we wouldn't be interested,'" Trump said."You don't talk to the United States that way, at least under me... I thought it was not a nice statement — the way she blew me off — because she is blowing off the United States. And we've done a lot for Denmark.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod on Tuesday, in which he"expressed appreciation for Denmark's cooperation as one of the United States' allies and Denmark's contributions to address shared global security priorities," according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.to Trump of the U.S. purchasing Greenland"several months ago.
Helping America grow is a good idea.. But you should be sweeping around your own front door.
LOL! Wait till the MAGA cult finds out that the people of Greenland aren't white!
That's really insulting to one of our biggest allies. They came to our aid in Iraq/Afghanistan and lost more soldiers per capita than any other country.
Greenlanders have no desire to be part of the United States and for Republicans to be raising money to push for Greenland to become part of the United States shows a breath-taking imperialist arrogance.
Good job taking the bait, media.
Omg, fugg off
Sanity is dwindling fast... what little there was left of it. Going... going... gone!
I swear they are all looney!
Just goes to show that republicans refuse to accept a woman telling them NO.
It's appropriate....they are promoting an empty agenda to go with empty results.... concurrently spinning his overwhelming incompetence... yeah..sounds life the new GOP!
After seeing how Trump has treated Puerto Rico why in the world would any nation want to join the US.
We can't even take care of Puerto Rico FFS.
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A little extreme.
FFS the stupid is so strong it burns.
All together now!
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