Posted on 08/21/2019 9:11:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Danish royal family was “surprised” after President Trump scrapped a planned visit to Denmark following comments by the country's prime minister that the idea the U.S. might buy Greenland from them was “absurd.”
Trump had been expected to visit Denmark on Sept. 2-3 as part of his trip to Europe, but until his tweets Tuesday, there were no solid indications the visit was centered on buying Greenland.
"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," Trump wrote.
The White House later clarified that the entire trip to Denmark had been scrapped, including a planned meeting with Denmark's Queen Margrethe II.
The cancellation of the visit left the Danish royal family flabbergasted, while other politicians said the snub was “deeply insulting.”
“It [the cancellation] was a surprise -- we have nothing more to say about this case,” said Lene Balleby, head of communications for the Danish royal family.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a former prime minister, tweeted that Trump's cancellation was “deeply insulting to the people of Greenland and Denmark,” while ex-foreign minister Martin Lidegaard told Danish broadcaster TV2 that the situation was “a diplomatic farce” and slammed Trump for “grotesque” behavior.
“Total chaos,” the former finance minister Kristian Jensen wrote. “This has gone from a great opportunity for a strengthened dialogue between allies to a diplomatic crisis.”
Pernille Skipper, the speaker of Parliament’s leftist red-green alliance, tweeted that Trump “lives on another planet,” adding that he’s “smug and disrespectful.”
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Roger that. Lol
You are all wrong. Greenland is not for Denmark to sell. It’s Norwegian.
Coal,oil,high tech minerals, fresh water, old airplanes, Vikings, my lost mittens.
Anyone in Greenland with two brain cells to rub together is looking at events in Hong Kong. You really think they’re going to want to be ruled by China?
Thanks, I’d forgotten all about that series of stills. The facial expressions and body language speak volumes, proving the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and then some. And what those pics say is hilarious!
Denmark has approximately the population and GDP of the Atlanta metro area, as a side note. What a tiny European nation can afford, and what a continent-spanning nation can afford, are obviously two very different things.
The $600 million that the Danes pay in Greenland subsidies comprises less than one half of one percent of their total budget. I think they can afford it.
They’re spending that and still don’t have a proper airport, and probably a lot of other things.
There are fewer than 60,000 people there. How many airports do they need? My own airport in Kansas City handles more passengers in two days then there are people in Greenland.
“Denmark didn’t deserve this. The royal family is superb. Trump needs to apologize”
The “Royal” family will just have to suck it up.
Perhaps they should all get jobs or quit complaining when America doesn’t defer to their self important royalness
You really think they’re going to want to be ruled by China?
China says the locals have a choice.
Like it or lump it.
Michelle ain’t havin’ none of that!!
She moved him like a schoolteacher separating two 2nd-grade lovebirds.
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