En danske var så lei av det han kalte «voksenmobbingen» av Trump at han betalte for en stor lystavle ut mot Rådhusplassen i København. Foto: Twitter

Donald Trump varslet i natt at han ikke kommer til Danmark 2. og 3. september som avtalt, men utsetter besøket på ubestemt tid.

“Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time,” Trump said in a post on Twitter.

Det var rene ord for pengene. Trump sier han satte pris på den danske statsministers direkte tale.

“The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!”

Det var Wall Street Journal som først avslørte at Trump-administrasjonen vurderte om det var mulig å skaffe seg kontroll over Grønland. Den 18. august bekreftet Trump at det var hold i oppslaget:

“The concept came up and … strategically it’s interesting,” Trump told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey.

A defense treaty between Denmark and the United States dating back to 1951 gives the U.S. military rights over the Thule Air Base in northern Greenland.

Trump Postpones Denmark Visit