据报道，唐纳德·特朗普总统谈论购买格陵兰岛已经有一年多了，甚至曾经打趣说要用波多黎各换取丹麦自治区报告经过纽约时报。
这倍文章指出，尽管购买这座冰雪覆盖的岛屿不在总统的首要任务之列，但他确实与助手私下讨论过，甚至向国家安全委员会提出了这个想法。
“去年的某个时候，据一位听到他讲话的前官员说，他甚至在一次关于用波多黎各换取格陵兰岛的会议上开玩笑——很高兴摆脱他曾多次与之不和的美国领土，”报告说。
特朗普总统在上周第一次被报道推动他的高级助手调查美国是否可以购买丹麦岛屿后，受到了极大的嘲笑。总统的要求“迷惑”了他的员工，根据 华盛顿邮报文章。
丹麦首相梅特·弗雷德里克森回应特朗普的兴趣，反复声明格陵兰岛不出售。弗雷德里克森还称整个局势为“荒谬的讨论”。
“格陵兰不是丹麦人。格陵兰属于格陵兰。我强烈希望这不是认真的，”弗雷德里克森告诉记者。她补充道:“谢天谢地，你买卖其他国家和人口的时代结束了。让我们把它留在那里吧。”
2019年8月20日，星期二，在白宫椭圆形办公室举行会议之前，唐纳德·特朗普总统和罗马尼亚总统克劳斯·约翰尼斯一起走向柱廊。特朗普因建议美国购买格陵兰岛而在过去几天受到嘲笑。
特朗普没有很好地回应，在丹麦女王邀请他进行正式访问后，他突然取消了即将到来的全国之旅。周二晚上，他在推特上宣布了计划的改变，写道他将旅行推迟到另一个时间。
“丹麦是一个非常特殊的国家，有着令人难以置信的人民，但是根据首相梅特·弗雷德里克森的评论，她对讨论购买格陵兰岛没有兴趣，我将推迟我们的会面，”他写道。
巧合的是，前总统巴拉克·奥巴马将于9月下旬访问丹麦。奥巴马将在奥尔堡大学向商界领袖和学生发表演讲。奥尔堡市长在访问之前告诉当地媒体奥巴马“是世界上我最尊敬的人之一”
特朗普周三还猛烈抨击弗雷德里克森，告诉记者她对他收购格陵兰岛的兴趣发表了“下流”的评论。
“我认为这不是一个很好的声明，她让我失望的方式，”特朗普在离开白宫前告诉媒体。“她不应该那样对待美国。。。。她说“荒谬”这不是该用的词。"
根据倍报道称，特朗普购买格陵兰岛的兴趣“符合他作为总统做大事情的愿望”此次收购将使美国的规模扩大20%以上。
DONALD TRUMP JOKED ABOUT TRADING PUERTO RICO FOR GREENLAND: REPORT
President Donald Trump has reportedly talked about purchasing Greenland for over a year and once even quipped about trading Puerto Rico for the autonomous Danish region, according to a new report by The New York Times.
The Times article noted that while buying the ice-covered island was not at the top of the president's to-do list, he did talk about it in private with aides and even floated the idea to the National Security Council.
"At one point last year, according to a former official who heard him, he even joked in a meeting about trading Puerto Rico for Greenland — happy to rid himself of an American territory whose leadership he has feuded with repeatedly," the report said.
President Trump has been largely ridiculed after it was first reported last week that he pushed his top aides to investigate whether the U.S. could buy the Danish island. The president's request "bewildered" his staffers, according to The Washington Post article.
Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded to Trump's interest by repeatedly stating that Greenland is not up for sale. Frederiksen also called the entire situation "an absurd discussion."
"Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland. I strongly hope that this is not meant seriously," Frederiksen told reporters. She added: "Thankfully, the time where you buy and sell other countries and populations is over. Let's leave it there."
President Donald J. Trump walks along to colonnade with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis before a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Trump has been mocked over the past several days for his suggestion that the United States buy Greenland.
Trump did not handle the response well and abruptly canceled an upcoming trip to the nation after he was invited for an official visit by the Queen of Denmark. He announced the change of plans in a Twitter post on Tuesday night, writing that he postponed the trip to a different time.
"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," he wrote.
Coincidentally, former President Barack Obama will be visiting Denmark in late September. Obama will give a speech to business leaders and students at Aalborg University. Ahead of his visit, Aalborg's mayor told local media that Obama "is one of the people I look up to most in the world."
Trump also lashed out at Frederiksen on Wednesday, telling reporters that she made "nasty" comments about his interest in buying Greenland.
"I thought it was not a nice statement, the way she blew me off," Trump told the press before departing the White House. "She shouldn't treat the United States that way. . . . She said 'absurd.' That's not the right word to use."
According to the Times report, Trump's interest in purchasing Greenland "fit his desire to do something big as president." The acquisition would have increased the size of the United States by more than 20 percent.
