Danes spurn Trump’s offer ‘to buy Greenland’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen expects Donald Trump in September but the US leader says he may not go now
19 August 2019 - 20:50
Copenhagen — US President Donald Trump indicated before a planned trip to Copenhagen that he wanted to buy Greenland, which is part of Denmark. The government in the Danish capital told him the world’s biggest island is not for sale, and the state visit is now in doubt.
Trump has been invited by Queen Margrethe of Denmark for a state visit due to take place on September 2-3. The office of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has confirmed the planned trip, and says the necessary preparations for an official presidential visit are being put in place...
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