BREAKING: President Trump tweets that he is "postponing" his upcoming meeting with Danish PM Mette Frederiksen based on her comments "that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland."
The US president had been expected to visit Denmark in early September.
The US president had been expected to visit Denmark in early September.
“Thankfully, the time where you buy and sell other countries and populations is over. Let’s leave it there. Jokes aside, we will of course love to have an even closer strategic relationship with the United States,” Frederiksen had previously said of idea of US buying Greenland.
"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," Trump tweeted. nbcnews.to/2KZF35M
BREAKING: White House says that "at this time" the entire visit to Denmark, which also included a state visit at the invitation of the Queen of Denmark, "is canceled."
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1163964473432072192
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