Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday night to say he was canceling a meeting with Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after she told him that she wouldn’t be selling Greeland to him anytime soon.
“[B]ased 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,” the president said.
Even though Trump was clearly pushing to buy the country, he played off the swift rejection as a good thing, saying that the United States was actually saving a lot of money by not having to meet in Denmark.
“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,” Trump said.
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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….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019
….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) August 20, 2019
Trump thinks the presidency is his personal playtoy
While Donald Trump is now trying to downplay his desire to buy Greenland, you get the sense it was some sort of childish fantasy of his to purchase another country. He even took time out of his week to tweet out his vision of a Trump-owned Greenland.
I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019
Like massive military parades and a cool new Space Force, buying Greenland from Denmark was another cartoonish idea coming from a president who views his office as a child’s playtoy, not something that should be taken seriously.
Something tells me that the prime minister of Denmark has more important things to do than entertain a juvenile president of the United States.
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Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
