Pres. Trump defends his decision to cancel his Denmark trip after the prime minister called his idea to purchase Greenland “absurd.' “She’s not talking to me. She’s talking to the United States of America. You don’t talk to the United States that way.”
President Donald Trump on Wednesday hit back at Denmark's prime minister for calling his idea about the U.S. buying Greenland"absurd," blasting her comment as"nasty" and accusing her of"blowing off the United States.""I looked forward to going but I thought the prime minister's statement that it was 'absurd,' that it was an absurd idea, was nasty," he told reporters as lef the White House for a trip to Kentucky.
President Trump responds to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's comment that his idea of buying Greenland is"absurd," saying her statement was"nasty" and a"very not nice way of saying something" https://t.co/eCSF7jW2bw pic.twitter.com/02RcIljbQE The White House had said that Trump would travel to Denmark and Poland over the Labor Day weekend, but Trump wrote in a tweet Tuesday night that he would postpone the Denmark leg after Frederiksen dismissed his suggestion that the United States was interested in purchasing Greenland.
The prime minister on Wednesday again rejected the idea of selling Greenland and said the issue should not serve as a distraction.
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