'All she had to do was say 'No,''' Trump said of the Danish PM's rejection of his 'absurd' offer to purchase Greenland, which he cited as the reason he's scrapping his scheduled September visit
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Trump on Tuesday evening announced in a pair of tweets that he would cancel a planned state visit to Copenhagen in early September as a result of Frederiksen's remarks. “Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based 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,” Trump“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,” heFollowing Trump's tweets, Frederiksen“The invitation is still open,” she said.
Trump on Wednesday suggested he will eventually travel to the Scandinavian nation despite the current diplomatic rift. “Greenland was just an idea. Just a thought. But I think when they say it was 'absurd,' and it was said in a very nasty, very sarcastic way, I said, ‘We’ll make it some other time,’” he said. “We’ll go to Denmark. I love Denmark. I’ve been to Denmark. And, frankly, we’ll do it another time.”
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