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Trump postpones Denmark trip after Prime Minister refuses to discuss sale of Greenland

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(CNN) Less than two weeks before his scheduled trip to Denmark, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he has postponed his visit to Copenhagen after the Danish Prime Minister disputed  his interest in buying Greenland  as "absurd." "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," he  wrote Tuesday night. He continued, "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!" A White House official confirmed to CNN that the entire trip to Denmark is being scrapped. By Betsy Klein, CNN  Updated 0843 GMT (1643 HKT) August 21, 2019