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Donald Trump cancelled his visit to Denmark after his plan to buy Greenland was rebuffed, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen saying the idea was ‘absurd’

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addresses the media in Copenhagen regarding US president Donald Trump's cancellation of his visit to Denmark pn August 21 2019. Picture: Ritzau Scanpix via REUTERS

Frederiksen, a centre-left Social Democrat, said she learnt of Trump’s decision “with regret and surprise”, given Denmark’s strong relations with Washington, but repeated her opposition to any Greenland transaction. Trump’s decision elicited condemnation, outrage and mockery alike among Danish opposition leaders and the public.

“Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale,” Jensen said of the world’s largest island, where the US has a military presence at the Thule Air Base under a US-Danish treaty dating to 1951. “It shows why we now more than ever should consider [fellow] EU countries as our closest allies. The man is unpredictable,” said Morten Ostergaard, leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party. “Reality surpasses imagination.”

 

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