Greenland to Trump: Thanks, but we're not for sale
August 16, 2019
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders are giving Donald Trump the cold shoulder.
Although amused, they're definitely not warming up to the U.S. president's talk of buying the semiautonomous Danish territory.
"We see it as an expression of greater interest in investing in our country and the possibilities we offer," the Greenland government said Friday in a short statement. "Of course, Greenland is not for sale."
Reports that Trump had spoken about the notion of buying the land mass, which lies between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, were good for a laugh, residents said.
"He has nothing to d...
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