What started off as what many dismissed as a Trumpian whim has rapidly escalated into an international scandal. In response to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen blasting his talk of the United States purchasing Greenland from Denmark as “absurd,” President Trump abruptly canceled a two-day state visit to Denmark scheduled for next month. Now, Danish officials are reportedly “furious.”
The controversy over the “buying Greenland” idea started with a report last week by The Wall Street Journal citing two White House advisers who told the paper that Trump has inquired multiple times about the U.S. purchasing the island from Denmark. “In meetings, at dinners and in passing conversations, Mr. Trump has asked advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, listened with interest when they discuss its abundant resources and geopolitical importance, and, according to two of the people, has asked his White House counsel to look into the idea,” the Journal reported last Thursday. His inquiries, sources said, received mixed responses, some shrugging it off as a “passing fancy,” while others thought it would be a strong strategic move economically.
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