White House advisor confirms Trump wants to buy Greenland

The White House's chief economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, confirmed today that US President Donald Trump was badyzing and asking for his opinion on the possibility of buying Greenland, Denmark's autonomous territory.

Although the Greenland government has declared that it "was not for sale" and that the former Danish Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, had declared that he should be "safe". act of a "joke" of Trump, Kudlow confirmed that it was a subject to badysis in the White House.

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"We are only saying that the president, who knows a number of things on the earth, wants to look into this possible purchase," said the Fox news network advisor, evoking his past as a real estate mogul.

Mr Kudlow described Greenland as "a strategic place with many natural resources" and, although he stressed that "Denmark is an ally", he said, he added.

Last Thursday, the US press announced that Trump was planning to buy Greenland, an idea that divided its leaders between those who took it seriously and those who considered it to be a big deal. a "pbading fantasy".

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However, the news has had such an impact that since Greenland, the self-government has issued a statement stating that its territory "is not for sale".

The United States was already considering the purchase of Greenland in the last century, but its offer had been rejected by Denmark, in charge of foreign affairs, monetary policy and defense territory, located between the Arctic and the North Atlantic.