The Hill: Trump has asked aides about possibility of US acquiring Greenland: report
President Trump has privately asked aides about the possibility of purchasing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Two advisers told the Journal that Trump asked them and other advisers at dinners and in passing conversations whether such a move would be possible, listening intently when they talked about its resources and geopolitical importance.
He also reportedly asked his White House counsel to look into the idea.
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WNU Editor: The Wall Street Journal is using two sources (i.e. two aides) for this story. Is it true? Like many of these stories I have become skeptical on what the media reports. But with only 56,000 inhabitants, and being an autonomous Danish territory, it is up to them on what they want .... ‘We’re NOT for sale’: Greenland shoots down Trump plan to buy island (The Independent).
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