As we snickered about Trump wanting to buy Greenland from Denmark in the
Freedom Gas! thread. We recognized that it was a silly idea, or as
my favorite response said, "The thought of Denmark selling 50,000 citizens to the United States is completely ridiculous."
Apparently Donald Trump didn't think it was ridiculous.
He cancelled a planned trip to Denmark because of it.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...
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!
IOW, if we're not going to talk about selling Greenland to the U.S., we have nothing to talk about.

It's one thing to float a silly idea, just to see if there is any interest in it. We can laugh about it, but there's little harm done.
It's quite another to snub another country, an ally no less, because they won't consider a wild idea which they are under no obligation to even consider.
I imagine this would be the equivalent of someone being invited over for dinner, who then later says, "Oh, great, we can talk about you selling your pet dog to me while I'm over there." When the family tells him their dog is not for sale, he responses, "Well, if you have no interest in selling your dog, I guess I'll postpone the dinner for another time."

IMHO, this is the most momentously
stupid reason to postpone a diplomatic trip that I have
ever heard.
Would anyone care to argue that this wasn't one of the most stupid moves in recent history? That this was the most petty excuse for cancelling an official trip in our memories? That there is no logical, reasonable defense of this unforced diplomatic faux pas, and that the man who did it is a complete incompetent?
If so,
please state your reasons. I would
love to hear them!