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![President Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on Sunday. Among the topics was Trump's interest in buying Greenland from Denmark.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_19230755776279-8757379666e326426d376c2f1318404ce263f263-e1566399575321-900x422.jpg)
Trump To Skip Visiting Denmark After Prime Minister Says Greenland ‘Not For Sale’
By: Scott Neuman | Sasha Ingber | NPR
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The president said he would postpone a planned trip to the Scandinavian country after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called his idea of buying the island “absurd.”
![Giant icebergs float in the fjord in Narsaq, southern Greenland, earlier this year.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_02040801808-11730861e22206f26ce2440a0b7d1275ca90c16d-e1565980784805-900x422.jpg)
Greenland Says It’s ‘Not For Sale,’ After Reports That Trump Wants To Buy It
By: Sasha Ingber | NPR
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The president was reportedly considering purchasing the island, which a Greenlandic politician says has strategic value. But “it sounds a little bit like a joke,” Aaja Chemnitz Larsen told NPR.