President Donald Trump has reportedly asked his advisers to research the United States purchasing Greenland from Denmark.
Both The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press reported on the plan, with the Journal saying the discussions had “varying degrees of seriousness” and an AP source calling it “not serious.”
Former Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen wondered if the idea was an out-of-season April Fool’s Day joke. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow cracked that Trump would turn Greenland into a golf course once the glaciers melted due to climate change. And the reports caused #Greenland to trend on Twitter, where the plan received given a frosty reception from Trump’s critics:
Trump wants to buy #Greenland? Let’s make him find it on a map first.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) August 16, 2019
Before we buy Greenland we should take care of Puerto Rico.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) August 16, 2019
WHEN YOU'RE DONE HERE I NEED YOU TO MOW THE GREENLAND pic.twitter.com/brH0wkM0tM
— Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) August 16, 2019
Greenland doesn't deserve this
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) August 16, 2019
I'd love to be there when they tell him that 89% of the population of #Greenland are indigenous people of color. #SoSweet pic.twitter.com/z50O4VIDBE
— Christopher Moore (@TheAuthorGuy) August 16, 2019
with Greenland, I'm ready to go back to 25th Amendment territory. He's nutters
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 16, 2019
When fucking up 50 states just isn't enough https://t.co/n65ln33yma
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 15, 2019
Vexing that Greenland will get its two senators before the District of Columbia does
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 15, 2019
I will be disappointed if we determine that there *wasn't* an episode of The Simpsons about this. Has to have been, right?https://t.co/ewlxaNbF7e
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 15, 2019
Honored sirs, I am PRINCE KIELSEN and I am contacting you with exciting opportunity. I recently inherited an island but need a small amount of cash. Send a money order for $600,000,000 to my account and I will give you “Greenland.”
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) August 15, 2019
Greenland in 10 years. pic.twitter.com/akqWowauyu
— jon gabriel (@exjon) August 15, 2019
President Obama: He actually said he wants to buy Greenland.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 16, 2019
Hillary Clinton: Can he even find it on a map?
Obama: Nope. 😂
Both: 🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/8434J1qsbt
Does he know Greenland is the icy one and Iceland is the green one?
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 16, 2019
A country full of Danes is going to starting waking up in 3-4 hours and honestly I’m not sure they’re ready for the news cycle that awaits them.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) August 16, 2019
Very good chance Trump saw how big Greenland was on a map, had never heard of it before, said he wanted to buy it and has zero idea what’s going on with the environment there.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 15, 2019
If Donald Trump thinks Greenland is for sale, I can't wait to see what he does with the next email he gets from a Nigerian spammer.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) August 16, 2019
Greenland. This is what happens when Melania asks her husband to buy some Danish.
— Razor (@hale_razor) August 16, 2019
IT’S CALLED GREENLAND BUT IT’S ACTUALLY COVERED IN ICE, UNLIKE ICELAND WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY GREEN. ANYWAY, I’M GOING TO BUY IT pic.twitter.com/sD8apRzUb0
— Julia (@JuliaEckardt) August 15, 2019
Why spend money on American’s healthcare when you can...buy Greenland!
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 16, 2019
Why improve our public schools when you can...buy Greenland!
Why rebuild our crumbling infrastructure when you can...buy Greenland!
This presidency has exploded into parody. It is beyond insane.
We joke now, but in six months buying Greenland will be a litmus test on the right.
— Brendan Buck (@BrendanBuck) August 15, 2019
I guarantee Trump believes Greenland is a hell of a lot bigger than it really is. There is a very slim chance he understands that Mercator maps inflate landmasses that are close to the poles.#Denmark #Greenland pic.twitter.com/FnQ3dLkQvT
— Alex Roberts (@AlexRoberts182) August 16, 2019
Greenland isn't as large as most Americans think.
— Cassimir Svigelj (@CassimirforOhio) August 16, 2019
Algeria (919,600 mi²) is larger than Greenland (836,300 mi²) though most Americans couldn't tell you that because of how maps are depicted in this country:
And @BetsyDeVosED sucks pic.twitter.com/De05sSy4sq
My what a lovely meal and after-dinner walk. Why don’t I just go on Twitter to check out what’s happ— https://t.co/Zr0pKDCST2
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 15, 2019
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