Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
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Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
No Donald. Everything is not for sale. You can't make this up.
Trump shocks Danes by cancelling state visit over Greenland rebuff
US president calls off Denmark trip after Danish PM labelled his idea of buying territory ‘absurd’
Reuters
Wed 21 Aug 2019 10.44 BST
Danes have expressed shock and disbelief over Donald Trump’s cancellation of a state visit to Denmark after its prime minister rebuffed his interest in purchasing Greenland.
The US president’s proposal at first elicited incredulity and humour from politicians in Denmark, a Nato ally, with the former premier Lars Løkke Rasmussen saying: “It must be an April Fool’s Day joke.”
But the mood turned to shock when Trump called off the 2-3 September visit after the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, called his idea of the US buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, absurd.
“Total chaos with @realDonaldTrump and cancellation of state visit to Denmark. It has gone from a big opportunity for strengthened dialogue between allies to a diplomatic crisis,” the former foreign minister Kristian Jensen, a member of the opposition Liberal party, said on Twitter.
“Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale,” Jensen said of the world’s largest island, which has considerable mineral wealth and a US military presence at the Thule airbase under a 1951 treaty.
Frederiksen, who had been due to hold talks with Trump in Copenhagen, was unavailable for comment as she was travelling after a visit to Greenland and Iceland this week.
She had said Greenland was “not for sale” and she hoped Trump’s proposal was “not meant seriously”.
“It is very, very shocking, when it is about a very close ally and a good friend,” Søren Espersen, the foreign affairs spokesman for the hard-right Danish People’s party, told the Danish news agency Ritzau.
He described Trump’s cancellation as an offence to Queen Margrethe, Denmark’s head of state, and said he did not expect another visit by the US president would happen.
Trump and his wife, Melania, were formally invited to Denmark by Queen Margrethe in July.
“It shows why we now more than ever should consider [fellow] European Union countries as our closest allies. The man is unpredictable,” said Morten Østergaard, leader of the Danish Social Liberal party. “Reality surpasses imagination.”
Trump, whose “America First” policies have resulted in strained relations with the EU over trade and other issues, said on Sunday that a US purchase of Greenland would be “a large real estate deal”, though not an immediate priority.
“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 tweeted on Tuesday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... ocks-danes
Trump shocks Danes by cancelling state visit over Greenland rebuff
US president calls off Denmark trip after Danish PM labelled his idea of buying territory ‘absurd’
Reuters
Wed 21 Aug 2019 10.44 BST
Danes have expressed shock and disbelief over Donald Trump’s cancellation of a state visit to Denmark after its prime minister rebuffed his interest in purchasing Greenland.
The US president’s proposal at first elicited incredulity and humour from politicians in Denmark, a Nato ally, with the former premier Lars Løkke Rasmussen saying: “It must be an April Fool’s Day joke.”
But the mood turned to shock when Trump called off the 2-3 September visit after the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, called his idea of the US buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, absurd.
“Total chaos with @realDonaldTrump and cancellation of state visit to Denmark. It has gone from a big opportunity for strengthened dialogue between allies to a diplomatic crisis,” the former foreign minister Kristian Jensen, a member of the opposition Liberal party, said on Twitter.
“Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale,” Jensen said of the world’s largest island, which has considerable mineral wealth and a US military presence at the Thule airbase under a 1951 treaty.
Frederiksen, who had been due to hold talks with Trump in Copenhagen, was unavailable for comment as she was travelling after a visit to Greenland and Iceland this week.
She had said Greenland was “not for sale” and she hoped Trump’s proposal was “not meant seriously”.
“It is very, very shocking, when it is about a very close ally and a good friend,” Søren Espersen, the foreign affairs spokesman for the hard-right Danish People’s party, told the Danish news agency Ritzau.
He described Trump’s cancellation as an offence to Queen Margrethe, Denmark’s head of state, and said he did not expect another visit by the US president would happen.
Trump and his wife, Melania, were formally invited to Denmark by Queen Margrethe in July.
“It shows why we now more than ever should consider [fellow] European Union countries as our closest allies. The man is unpredictable,” said Morten Østergaard, leader of the Danish Social Liberal party. “Reality surpasses imagination.”
Trump, whose “America First” policies have resulted in strained relations with the EU over trade and other issues, said on Sunday that a US purchase of Greenland would be “a large real estate deal”, though not an immediate priority.
“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 tweeted on Tuesday.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
Probably just a diversion for some racist, underhanded shit he's currently up to
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
He is the most embarrassing person ever elected to the Presidency. A few others have shared his lack of savoir faire, but never acted so proud of their dismal failure in leadership. Past time for impeachment and for examing critical thinking in US education.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
He is the gift that keeps on giving.taabarang wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:07 pm He is the most embarrassing person ever elected to the Presidency. A few others have shared his lack of savoir faire, but never acted so proud of their dismal failure in leadership. Past time for impeachment and for examing critical thinking in US education.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
Grønland er ikke til salg.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
Hmmmm.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
I can see a new war coming up. Bomb the shit out of them Donald, there's undiscovered oil in their land.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
“If he had been a clown in a circus, you could probably say that there is considerable entertainment value. The problem is that he is the president of the most powerful nation in the world,”
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
Seems it's about rare earths used in high tech applications. China has 70+% of rare earths mined and more than that processed. The US relies on supplies from China and they have threatened to restrict supplies to the US as part of the trade war.
Greenland has a huge rare earth resource. A couple of aussie companies ie Tanbreez Mining and Greenland Minerals are developing these (incidentily, I own shares in the latter and they got a boost in the last week..)
More here: https://www.ft.com/content/f418bb86-bdb ... e555e96722
Greenland has a huge rare earth resource. A couple of aussie companies ie Tanbreez Mining and Greenland Minerals are developing these (incidentily, I own shares in the latter and they got a boost in the last week..)
More here: https://www.ft.com/content/f418bb86-bdb ... e555e96722
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Re: Trump Upset Because He Can't Buy Greenland
rare earths aren't that rare
just expensive and damaging to mine
just expensive and damaging to mine
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