Politicians in Denmark and Greenland reacted with surprise on Friday, dismissing the idea that President Trump could purchase Greenland after it was reported a day earlier the president had been asking aides about the possibility of buying the world’s largest island, which has been a Danish territory for more than two centuries.
“We are open for business, but we’re not for sale,” Greenland’s foreign minister, Ane Lone Bagger, said, according to Reuters.
Lawmakers from two of Denmark’s major political parties torched the idea in statements to Reuters and a Danish broadcaster, while a former U.S. ambassador referred to news of the situation as a “disaster.”
“I am sure a majority in Greenland believes it is better to have a relation to Denmark than the United States, in the long term,” said Danish MP Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, according to Reuters.
“My immediate thought is ‘No, thank you,’ ” she continued.
Danish conservatives are no more recipient to the idea. A spokesman for the Danish People’s Party, a right-leaning conservative party that represents the third largest party in the country, called the plan “ridiculous.”
“If he is truly contemplating this, then this is final proof, that he has gone mad,” spokesman Soren Espersen told broadcaster DR, according to Reuters.
“The thought of Denmark selling 50,000 citizens to the United States is completely ridiculous,” he reportedly added.
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Danish politicians mock report Trump wants to buy Greenland: “If he is truly contemplating this, then this is final proof, that he has gone mad." https://t.co/6lImBBB6aE pic.twitter.com/AiLtepC2f4
— The Hill (@thehill) August 16, 2019
I've been to many political conventions. With very few exceptions, they're usually someplace miserably hot and humid in late summer. But the Nuuk 2024 GOP convention is gonna be awesome. Though, I'm gonna have to revisit my passionate dislike for pickled herring.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) August 15, 2019
"This place isn't green! Call my lawyers" — Donald Trump.
"This is the most fraudulent case of false advertising since my suit against the film The Never Ending Story." — Lionel Hutz https://t.co/k0dmpVqKxW https://t.co/TO7Zh1ORAz
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) August 15, 2019
MAGA is an anagram of Make Greenland American Already
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) August 15, 2019
Greenland tells President Trump: Hands off, we're not for salehttps://t.co/GWd1F4HftH
— POLITICO (@politico) August 16, 2019
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