To make everything nice for the people of Greenland, perhaps the US ought to give every citizen of Greenland two million dollars (that's just a puny 114 billion $) and free tickets to Disneyland Galaxy's End (I hear it hasn't been such a success) as a gesture of welcome.
Oh how historic it would be! And everybody would be OK with it! — ssu
Danes have expressed shock and disbelief over Donald Trump’s cancellation of a state visit to Denmark after its prime minister rebuffed his interest in purchasing Greenland.
The US president’s proposal at first elicited incredulity and humour from politicians in Denmark, a Nato ally, with the former premier Lars Løkke Rasmussen saying: “It must be an April Fool’s Day joke.”
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But the mood turned to shock when Trump called off the 2-3 September visit after the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, called his idea of the US buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, absurd.
“Total chaos with @realDonaldTrump and cancellation of state visit to Denmark. It has gone from a big opportunity for strengthened dialogue between allies to a diplomatic crisis,” the former foreign minister Kristian Jensen, a member of the opposition Liberal party, said on Twitter.
“Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale,” Jensen said of the world’s largest island, which has considerable mineral wealth and a US military presence at the Thule airbase under a US-Danish treaty dating to 1951. — Reuters
Reuters sounding like The Onion? Jesus. — Michael
Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Fox News Sunday that the White House is looking into the possibility of buying Greenland, despite the fact that Greenland’s government recently confirmed that the island was “not for sale.” What do you think?
“Since when does the U.S. government pay for the land it takes?”
PETER WRIGHT • MONOTREME EXPERT
“If Greenland isn’t going to exploit that land to the fullest, then they don’t deserve it.”
ROSALIND KEMP • US POSTAL WORKER
“A little retail therapy is just what this nation needs to get its groove back.”
CRAIG MCPHERSON • PROSTHETIC POLISHER
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/21/trump-state-visit-cancellation-over-greenland-shocks-danesThe defence and security correspondent with Denmark’s Berlingske newspaper, Kristian Mouritzen, said the first reactions wwere of shock and amazement that the question of buying Greenland had been seriously raised. “In my long life I can never recall a friendly nation making a meeting dependent on a willingness to sell part of your territory. It’s like trying to buy Scotland. It’s out of the question.” — Shaun Walker
It was over the comments, not the refusal to sell. The Danish PM never even heard his proposition. — NOS4A2
It isn’t, actually, because she was overreacting to media reports, not the president’s proposition. She preemptively and publicly made comments, expressed outrage, before the president even arrived. — NOS4A2
Perhaps, but publicly criticizing the president before he even arrives is far more ridiculous. — NOS4A2
Calling her "nasty" is yet another low in the Trump presidency. — Relativist
So if Denmark proposed buying Florida and demanded that that be discussed in the next meeting with the President, the appropriate response of the US would be what? "Sure, let's chat about it and see what happens"? Or if Trump had tweeted "That's absurd", you'd be criticising him?
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