The Trump administration reportedly has new plans for Greenland after President Donald Trump&#8217;s desire to buy the world&#8217;s largest island did not gain enough traction last year to come to fruition.
Trump&#8217;s new plan, which was revealed in the administration&#8217;s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021, is to build the &#8220;first permanent consular services outpost in the strategic location in the Arctic Circle,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/19/trump-budget-greenland-115961">reported</a>.
The State Department&#8217;s proposed budget <a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FY-2021-CBJ-Final.pdf">stated</a> that it was requesting $587,000 to &#8220;establish a permanent diplomatic presence in Greenland, which was previously notified to Congress.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s initial plan to buy Greenland was revealed in an August <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal:
<blockquote>The idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland has captured the former real-estate developer’s imagination, according to people familiar with the discussion, who said Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the ice-covered autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
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.</blockquote>
While some initially mocked Trump&#8217;s idea of buying Greenland, many noted that it was of significant strategic value in countering Russian and Chinese aggression in the arctic.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/24/trump-buy-greenland-1474349">reported</a> last year:
<blockquote>Advocates of bolstering U.S. ties to Greenland see it as a way of elbowing out geopolitical rivals, namely China and Russia, that have aggressively targeted the Arctic with military bases, scientific research stations and strategic investments.
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Doing so — let alone annexing Greenland outright — would help America beat China in the race for the Arctic, they say, while expanding domestic access to critical mineral resources.
Chinese plans to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-pentagon-countered-chinas-designs-on-greenland-11549812296" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">finance and build</a> three airports in Greenland and the intelligence reports that were likely given to Trump on the matter might have helped spark the president’s acquisitive instincts, according to a former official in a Republican administration who is familiar with the matter.</blockquote>
Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen wrote last year about Greenland&#8217;s untapped natural resources and the strategic importance of those resources:
<blockquote>Greenland has enormous unexplored stores of natural resources, including zinc, lead, gold, iron ore, diamonds, copper and uranium, that Denmark has been unable or unwilling to exploit.
It also has large, untapped stores of rare-earth elements, such as praseodymium or dysprosium, that are critical to the production of everything from electric cars to smartphones and lasers. Today, the United States gets many of these rare-earth elements from China, which makes Americans dependent on Beijing. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-trade-fight-raises-specter-of-rare-earth-shortage-11559304000" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports</a> that Beijing may cut off access to those minerals in its trade dispute with Washington, and China is also trying to corner the market for rare-earth elements in Greenland. Buying Greenland would put those strategically valuable minerals in U.S. hands.</blockquote>
After Trump&#8217;s interest in buying the island was reported on by The Wall Street Journal, the president tweeted a meme that joked that he would not build a Trump building on the island.
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I promise not to do this to Greenland! <a href="https://t.co/03DdyVU6HA">pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163603361423351808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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When Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made clear that Greenland was not for sale, Trump responded by canceling a previously scheduled meeting that the administration was supposed to have with Denmark.
&#8220;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,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!&#8221;
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&#8230;.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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961884225277954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Colourful houses in Illulisat on Greenland. Ilulissat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the Jacobshavn Glacier or Sermeq Kujalleq which is the largest glacier outside Antarctica. The glacier drains 7% of the Greenland ice sheet and produces enou

Trump Administration Has A New Plan For Greenland

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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223">News broke</a> a couple of weeks ago that President Donald Trump is apparently interested in acquiring for the United States the barren, remote Arctic island of Greenland. Trump is hardly the first president to express an interest in acquiring the Danish semi-autonomous region for the United States. As Hank Berrien of The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50701/trump-considering-buying-worlds-biggest-island-hank-berrien">noted</a> at the time, the possibility of acquiring Greenland has been publicly floated by previous administrations: &#8220;President Harry Truman offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100 million in 1946&#8221; and &#8220;the State Department during the tenure of President Andrew Johnson considered buying Iceland and Greenland in 1867.&#8221;
At first blush, Greenland might not make a whole lot of sense as a potential acquisition object of the president&#8217;s affection. The island&#8217;s population is a whopping 56,000, and over three-quarters of the landmass of the largely politically autonomous island contains the world&#8217;s only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica. Overall, due to its harsh climate and sprawling terrain, Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world.
But from a geopolitical standpoint, Trump is completely correct to seriously look into acquiring Greenland. Doing so, as Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/opinion/politics/greenland-trump.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage">persuasively argued</a> in The New York Times earlier this week, would strongly redound to America&#8217;s national security interests. There are at least four main reasons why: Russia, China, energy, and Space Force.
Russia was the primary reason why Truman considered acquiring Greenland in the incipient stages of the Cold War. Greenland is a massive landmass that, from its upper Atlantic Ocean Arctic perch, looks down upon Iceland, Northern Europe, and Russia. Despite failing to formally acquiring the island, Truman and subsequent Cold War presidents used Greenland — eventually centered around Thule Air Base — as a strategic base to deter Russian (then Soviet) hegemony in the Atlantic. Today, a formally acquired Greenland would allow American presidents to install serious missile defense infrastructure — which would largely serve to deter Putin&#8217;s Russia, but could also serve to deter other would-be intercontinental ballistic missile hostile regimes, such as the theocratic Islamist regime in Iran.
China, as Cotton noted in the Times, has actually formally attempted numerous times to purchase naval and aerial infrastructure in Greenland over the past few years. While Denmark ultimately rebuffed each request, it is nonetheless harrowing to consider that the far-East nation of China — the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47057/hammer-china-americas-greatest-21st-century-threat-josh-hammer">number one geopolitical threat</a> to the United States in the 21st century — has expressed so much interest in acquiring a military foothold on the outskirts of North America. The Chinese desire to acquire territory in Greenland accords with China&#8217;s over-arching recent <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/pompeo-arctic-china-russia-1302649">desire to expand its military presence in the broader Arctic</a>, more generally. The Trump administration has been concerned about China&#8217;s Arctic ambitions for awhile, and Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/pompeo-arctic-china-russia-1302649">reported</a> in May that the administration had already been worrying that Greenland was &#8220;vulnerable to encroaching Chinese influence.&#8221; An American acquisition of Greenland would therefore not merely allow for the imposition of missile defense materiel to deter Russia; it would also allow for a solidified stronghold to thwart the hegemonic ambitions of the world&#8217;s single most pernicious geopolitical actor, China.
Furthermore, Greenland is replete with all sorts of natural resources. The island has huge oil and natural gas reserves and many other reserves of rare-earth minerals that are indispensable to America&#8217;s tech and defense sectors. Despite the shrill cries of the enviro-statists and bovine flatulence-despising &#8220;Green New Deal&#8221; Jacobins, oil and natural gas will continue to power the American — and global — economy for the foreseeable future. And while the miraculous shale revolution has already made the United States one of the globe&#8217;s leading oil and natural gas producers, acquiring Greenland would only help more in fueling the literal and proverbial engines of the world&#8217;s preeminent macroeconomy. True energy independence — that constantly sought-after goal for every rational self-governing nation-state — would be that much closer for the United States, were it to successfully acquire Greenland.
Finally, it must also be said that the island of Greenland presents a highly intriguing potential base for the future U.S. Space Force that the Trump administration seems — at least if the president is re-elected — increasingly serious about establishing. The administration has not announced where Space Force would be based, but Greenland potentially makes a great deal of sense as a central hub. Wherever Space Force is based, there is sure to be no shortage of surrounding military infrastructure and high-grade weaponry. Greenland&#8217;s potential as a hub for Space Force would thus further solidify the island&#8217;s purpose vis-à-vis Russia and China alike — as a genuine deterrent to either arch-geopolitical foe&#8217;s potential desire to expand hegemonic ambitions into the northern Atlantic Ocean region.
Don&#8217;t believe the naysayers who claim that the Trump administration would be making a modern-day &#8220;Seward&#8217;s Folly&#8221; in acquiring Greenland. Just as the 1867 acquisition of Alaska has proven to be immensely beneficial for U.S. military, geopolitical, and energy interests, so too would a modern-day acquisition of Greenland redound to U.S. interests.

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HAMMER: Trump Is Completely Right To Try To Buy Greenland

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On Thursday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show,&#8221; Shapiro talks about the liberal media&#8217;s reaction to President Trump canceling his trip to Denmark next month. Video and partial transcript below: 
The president&#8217;s going to war with Denmark. So, that&#8217;s exciting. And I know that when I woke up a couple of days ago, I thought to myself, You know what? Those Danes! We&#8217;ve got to do something about Greenland, man. Greenland! The future of America lies on glaciers. Now listen, I&#8217;m fine. I&#8217;m all for buying Greenland. You wanna buy it? And frankly, I don&#8217;t think it’s a big deal that President Trump wanted to buy Greenland. The fact is that the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark. Solid real estate deal. But President Trump has decided that it is imperative that we get into a diplomatic spat when Greenland says it&#8217;s not for sale. We&#8217;re now gonna have an international issue over whether we buy a giant island that has 56,000 people on it.
What are we going to do? Like, Relocate populations there? Like, what are we talking about doing with Greenland that makes it so all-fired important that we&#8217;re now canceling state visits to Denmark? So President Trump is now in a personal spat with the prime minister of Denmark, which is just — that&#8217;s what we needed, right? I mean, I just talked about all the good policy Trump is pursuing but certainly what makes the American people feel more safe, and secure, and solid is when the president is in a pissing match with the prime minister of Denmark. Because of all the cruel, inhumane states on planet Earth that we need to face down and look directly in the eye — Denmark, man. Those Danes can&#8217;t be trusted, not in the slightest. Kim Jong-Un? Best friends! Prime Minister of Denmark? Screw that person.
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President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the Danish prime minister — Mette Frederickson — saying the leader of the U.S. ally had made nasty comments about his interest in having the United States purchase Greenland. Trump announced on Tuesday night he was calling off a planned two day visit to Copenhagen early next month over Frederickson&#8217;s refusal to entertain the sale of Greenland. Apparently Trump tweeted this out. He said (paraphrasing), I thought it was not a nice statement. The way she blew me off. She shouldn&#8217;t treat the United States that way she said. Absurd! There&#8217;s not the right way. That&#8217;s not the right word to use. President Trump is an expert in the use of words. He has all of the best words. Is this worthwhile? Honestly, is it worthwhile? I understand he&#8217;s going to be Trump — we all get it at this point. But is that a good thing for his re-election prospects? Just generally, is it necessary?
So I&#8217;m giving you two big headlines for Trump. One: Actually promulgating regulations that will cut down on illegal immigration, and also will allow children to stay with their parents. After two years of controversy over that, that&#8217;s a big thing. Thing number two that&#8217;s a big thing: Planned Parenthood defunding. Big promise kept. Shouldn&#8217;t those be the things we&#8217;re talking about today? Well instead, we&#8217;re talking about Trump versus Ford, and Trump versus Denmark over Greenland.
Chris Matthews, of course, is very upset over this. [Chris Matthews impression] This is unbelievable! President Trump! Denmark! [I&#8217;m] Coming here in the morning! Combing my hair with a shoe! All crazy looking! I&#8217;m like, Why are you, why are you getting angry at the Danes!? Why are you so angry? I mean, I love Hans Christian Andersen. I like the old lady who lived in a shoe! All sorts of fairy tales, I love. I&#8217;ll tell you what I love most of all: I love coming in here, half-drunk, and talking about President Trunk and Bugsy Siegel and making gangster references! Go!
<blockquote>MATTHEWS: President Trump is picking a fight with a loyal American ally for no apparent reason. He&#8217;s canceled a state visit to Denmark, insulted its prime minister, and thrown in a historic relationship into chaos. Denmark is a good country. It&#8217;s pro-American as hell. It’s an ally like — we’ve dreamed the world would be an ally of any country like our country. And now this guy, like Bugsy Siegel, walks by like in a movie, Warren Beatty played the guy, goes by a house — I&#8217;d like that house! Goes in the house and says, I want to buy your house!</blockquote>
Warren Beatty! Love it! Yeah. Warren Beatty! It was terrible! Warren Beatty was great in &#8220;Shampoo!&#8221; Wasn&#8217;t as great in &#8220;Reds.&#8221; I like the message of the movie &#8220;Reds!&#8221; Very pro-communist! But I didn&#8217;t like, really, Warren Beatty&#8217;s performance, but this is just like Bugsy Siegel! That&#8217;s a movie nobody saw, right? It&#8217;s supposed to be really good. Wasn&#8217;t that good? Cause Warren Beatty&#8217;s kind of overrated. Kind of liked him in &#8220;Bulworth,&#8221; whatever that movie was! Remember that? Chris Matthews! MSNBC!
Sorry, once I get into the Chris Matthew [impression], it&#8217;s very difficult to get out of the Chris Matthews [impression].
In any case, you can see that the media are in it for it. The media would love a feeling of chaos. This is the Democratic campaign in 2020. Democratic campaign strategy 2020. Trump&#8217;s crazy. That&#8217;s the campaign. That&#8217;s the whole campaign. And Democrats are totally into it. And when President Trump gets angry about that, he&#8217;s not totally wrong.
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SHAPIRO: Trump Cancels Denmark Trip And Chris Matthews Loses It

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) revealed on Wednesday that he had inquired about the United States purchasing Greenland months before reports surfaced that President Donald Trump first expressed interest in buying the island.
“You’re joking, but I can reveal to you that several months ago, I met with the Danish ambassador and I proposed that they sell Greenland to us,” Cotton said while speaking at the inaugural <a href="https://talkbusiness.net/2019/08/sen-cotton-says-he-asked-danish-ambassador-about-selling-greenland/">Talk Business &amp; Politics Power Lunch</a>.
Accordingly, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223">The Wall Street Journal</a> published a report last week that stated Trump had asked about the United States’ ability to acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, on multiple occasions and had even directed his White House counsel to look into its legal possibility.
The president confirmed days later that he was sincerely looking into purchasing the world’s largest non-continental island.
“Strategically, for the United States, it would be nice,” Trump told reporters. “And we’re a big ally of Denmark, and we help Denmark, and we protect Denmark.”
“Obviously, the right decision for this country,” Cotton replied when he was asked about the proposal. He argued that Greenland’s rich mineral resources and strategic location makes it an ideal acquisition for America, noting further that the move would be “vital to our national security” and that the “economic potential is untold.”
“Anyone who can’t see that is blinded by Trump derangement,” the Arkansas senator said.
Cotton reminded the crowd that former President Harry Truman offered to purchase Greenland for $100 million in the mid-1940s after World War II. He also explained that China attempted to bribe the local Greenland government into allowing the country to build three military bases on the land in 2018; at the time, the U.S. government convinced Denmark to block the deal.
The United States and Greenland have had a longstanding agreement to house American military assets on the island. Consequently, Thule Air Base, which is the U.S.&#8217;s northernmost base, has been active since World War II.
“I told the president you should buy it as well,” Cotton said. “[Trump has] heard that from me and from some other people as well.”
However, the White House’s inquiry into a sale ignited a media firestorm and forced the island’s over-arching government to issue a defensive statement.
“Greenland is not for sale,” said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. “Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland. I strongly hope that this is not meant seriously.”
After Frederiksen later criticized the president’s “absurd discussion” about purchasing the island, Trump retaliated by canceling a scheduled meeting between the United States and Denmark.
“Denmark is a very special country with incredible people,” Trump tweeted. “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 out meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time.”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&#8230;.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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961884225277954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“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,” he continued. “I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!”

Republican Senator Takes Credit For Suggesting Greenland Purchase To Trump

Tom Cotton

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 &#8220;absurd,&#8221; President Trump abruptly canceled a two-day state visit to Denmark scheduled for next month. Now, Danish officials are reportedly &#8220;furious.&#8221;
The controversy over the &#8220;buying Greenland&#8221; idea started with a report last week by <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wall Street Journal</a> citing two White House advisers who told the paper that Trump has inquired multiple times about the U.S. purchasing the island from Denmark. &#8220;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,&#8221; the Journal reported last Thursday. His inquiries, sources said, received mixed responses, some shrugging it off as a &#8220;passing fancy,&#8221; while others thought it would be a strong strategic move economically.
The report sparked a media firestorm and was quickly met with a rather terse response from Greenland&#8217;s autonomous government: &#8220;Greenland is not for sale,&#8221; a government spokesperson said in a statement reported by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/trump-buy-greenland-wall-street-journal/index.html">CNN</a>.
Trump, however, hasn&#8217;t let it go, using the blowup as a chance to issue some trolling tweets, including one featuring a photoshopped image of Greenland&#8217;s coast with a giant golden Trump Tower dominating the skyline. &#8220;I promise not to do this to Greenland!&#8221; Trump joked Monday.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I promise not to do this to Greenland! <a href="https://t.co/03DdyVU6HA">pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163603361423351808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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But things turned more serious when Prime Minister Frederiksen ripped Trump&#8217;s &#8220;absurd discussion&#8221; about purchasing the island. Trump responded on Tuesday in a pair of tweets announcing that he was going to reschedule their planned meeting next month for &#8220;sometime in the future,&#8221; a move that suggests he&#8217;s far more serious about the discussion than many suspected.
&#8220;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,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">&#8230;.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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961884225277954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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According to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/danes-furious-over-postponement-of-trumps-visit-call-his-behavior-insulting/2019/08/21/82d0a5f4-c3b8-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html">The Washington Post</a>, Trump&#8217;s decision has left Danish officials are &#8220;furious.&#8221; The Post quotes a number of Danish officials ripping Trump as &#8220;disrespectful&#8221; and a &#8220;spoiled child&#8221; who &#8220;lives on another planet.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s an insult from a close friend and ally,&#8221; Danish Member of Parliament Michael Aastrup Jensen told the Post.
&#8220;He said Trump&#8217;s interest in purchasing Greenland took the country by surprise and was initially widely considered to be a joke, before Danes realized the full extent of &#8216;this disaster,'&#8221; the Post reports. &#8220;Jensen said Danish lawmakers felt misled and &#8216;appalled&#8217; by the president, who &#8216;lacks even basic diplomatic skills,&#8217; he said.&#8221;
&#8220;There was no word [ahead of time] about: &#8216;I want to buy Greenland and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m coming,'&#8221; Jensen told the paper.
The Post also cites a tweet by Denmark&#8217;s former business minister Rasmus Jarlov. &#8220;For no reason Trump assumes that (an autonomous) part of our country is for sale. Then insultingly cancels visit that everybody was preparing for. Please show more respect,&#8221; Jarlov wrote.
Frederiksen was more measured in her response, saying her invitation for discussion about a stronger relationship between the two countries still stands and that she hopes Trump&#8217;s response to her rejection of the idea would not &#8220;change the character of our good relations,&#8221; the Post notes.

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Danish Officials ‘Furious’ After Trump Cancels Trip Over ‘Buying Greenland’ Feud

Two new tweets from President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening appear to show that he is serious about wanting to purchase Greenland from Denmark, a move that has a lot of <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1163873333303283713">support</a> from Trump&#8217;s base.
&#8220;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,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&#8230;.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. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961884225277954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, Trump shared a meme on his Twitter account that was widely viewed as humorous, even by some of the Left.
Trump tweeted out a photo of Greenland with a picture of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas photoshopped into the photo, writing: &#8220;I promise not to do this to Greenland!&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I promise not to do this to Greenland! <a href="https://t.co/03DdyVU6HA">pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163603361423351808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Greenland Premier Kim Kielsen responded to Trump&#8217;s comments about Greenland by saying that it &#8220;is not something to joke about.&#8221;
Trump had indicated to reporters on Sunday that he was serious about wanting to buy the world&#8217;s largest island, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greenland-trump-buy-island-territory-nothing-joke-about">saying</a>: &#8220;Strategically, for the United States, it would be nice. And we&#8217;re a big ally of Denmark, and we help Denmark, and we protect Denmark.&#8221;
The Washington Examiner&#8217;s editorial board <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/buying-greenland-isnt-a-good-idea-its-a-great-idea">wrote</a> about why purchasing Greenland, which the U.S. discussed doing after World War II, is still a good idea for the United States today.
&#8220;Through the U.S. Air Force base already present at Thule, Greenland offers critical intelligence capabilities to conduct satellite operations and to detect possible over-the-North-Pole nuclear missile launches from China or Russia,&#8221; the Examiner noted. Thule better allows the U.S. to warn its citizens of an imminent attack. Thanks to Thule&#8217;s deep water port and long runway, the base provides a logistics hub for operations in the Arctic. And it gives the U.S. military the means to deter and defeat prospective aggression. Russia, in particular, has been working to secure territorial control over resource-rich areas of the Arctic. America&#8217;s presence in Greenland is increasingly relevant for that reason.&#8221;
&#8220;Greenland also abounds with resources. An already energy independent U.S. would have unfettered access to a land rich not only in hydrocarbons but also in rare earth metals that are currently only available from an adversary, China,&#8221; The Examiner added. &#8220;Greenland also controls flourishing fishing waters.&#8221;