DENMARK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Go ahead and file this one under Stories You Probably Didn’t Expect to Read About the White House This Week: President Trump has been thinking about buying Greenland. Greenland says no, absolutely not…Greenland’s Foreign Affairs Ministry was a bit less colorful: ‘We’re open for business, not for sale,’ the agency posted on Twitter. Both Danish and Greenlandic officials have been up in arms over the news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, that Mr. Trump, ever the real estate maven, was eyeing the ice-covered island, the largest in the world, as a new property acquisition for the United States. The president’s interest has rattled nerves — or at least a sense of national pride — ahead of Mr. Trump’s scheduled visit to Denmark next month…But in Mr. Trump’s world, his real estate prowess has never been a laughing matter — even if his persona as a mogul has at times been based on selective facts.”
–Katie Rogers, “Eyeing Greenland, Trump Again Mixes Real Estate With Diplomacy,” The New York Times online, August 16, 2019