Danish politicians mock Trump's interest in buying Greenland

An aerial view of large Icebergs floating as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. Picture: Felipe Dana/AP

An aerial view of large Icebergs floating as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. Picture: Felipe Dana/AP

Published Aug 16, 2019

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Stockholm - Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen

is one of several Danish politicians to express scepticism in

response to US President Donald Trump's reported interest in buying

Greenland.

"It must be an April Fool's Day joke," Rasmussen wrote on Twitter.

Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, one of two lawmakers in the Danish parliament

elected from Greenland, also rejected the idea.

"No thanks to Trump buying Greenland! On the contrary, a better and

more equal partnership with Denmark should be the way forward for a

stronger and in the long-term more independent Greenland," Larsen

wrote on Twitter.

Martin Lidegaard, the foreign affairs spokesman for the Social

Liberals that back the minority Danish government, referred to

Trump's interest as a joke.

"Trump to buy Greenland?! Hopefully a joke, but otherwise terrible

idea with the risk of militarization of Greenland and less

independence for the Greenlandic people - in addition great loss for

Denmark," Lidegaard wrote on Twitter.

dpa

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