President Donald Trump has reportedly talked about purchasing Greenland for over a year and once even quipped about trading Puerto Rico for the autonomous Danish region, according to a new report by The New York Times.
The Times article noted that while buying the ice-covered island was not at the top of the president’s to-do list, he did talk about it in private with aides and even floated the idea to the National Security Council.
Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded to Trump’s interest by repeatedly stating that Greenland is not up for sale. Frederiksen also called the entire situation “an absurd discussion.”
James Pinkerton, Co-Chair of RATE Coalition and contributor to The American Conservative and Breitbart, tells Dan & Amy why buying Greenland was one of Trump’s better ideas: