Stockholm - Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen
is one of several Danish politicians to express scepticism in
response to US President Donald Trump's reported interest in buying
Greenland.
"It must be an April Fool's Day joke," Rasmussen wrote on Twitter.
Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, one of two lawmakers in the Danish parliament
elected from Greenland, also rejected the idea.
"No thanks to Trump buying Greenland! On the contrary, a better and
more equal partnership with Denmark should be the way forward for a
stronger and in the long-term more independent Greenland," Larsen
wrote on Twitter.
It must be an April Fool’s Day joke ... but totally out of sesson! https://t.co/ev5DDVZc5f
— Lars Løkke Rasmussen (@larsloekke) August 15, 2019
Martin Lidegaard, the foreign affairs spokesman for the Social
Liberals that back the minority Danish government, referred to
Trump's interest as a joke.
"Trump to buy Greenland?! Hopefully a joke, but otherwise terrible
idea with the risk of militarization of Greenland and less
independence for the Greenlandic people - in addition great loss for
Denmark," Lidegaard wrote on Twitter.