"Trump tweeted that he didn’t want to meet with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen if she won’t consider selling Greenland."

"President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he’s canceling a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after finding out she thinks his proposal to buy Greenland is “absurd.”

Trump is scheduled to visit Denmark, which maintains Greenland as an autonomous territory, in two weeks. But since Frederiksen has “no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland,” he wrote, he’s postponing his meeting with her.

The Trump Tweet read: '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....'"

Lydia O’Connor reports for HuffPost August 20, 2019. [2]

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"In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit" (New York Times) [3]