Trump mulled investing Puerto Rico for Greenland: E-book

Ryan King

September 16, 02:10 PM September 16, 02:10 PM

A new e-book exposed that even though previous President Donald Trump had his sights established on a massive international actual estate offer for Greenland, he viewed as trading Puerto Rico for the Danish territory.

Trump eyed Greenland throughout his early White Home times and considered pulling federal money from Puerto Rico or outright investing the island territory for Greenland, according to the reserve The Divider: Trump in the White Dwelling, 2017-2021. Although it is not crystal clear if Trump supplied Puerto Rico to Denmark, his bid to obtain the frosty island failed in 2019.

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“I adore maps. And I always claimed: ‘Look at the dimensions of this. It’s huge. That need to be aspect of the United States,’” Trump explained all through an job interview for the ebook, for each the New York Periods. The e-book was penned by married reporter couple Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. They interviewed Trump in April and November of previous calendar year.

The endeavor to snag Greenland was supported by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics heir who has been acquainted with Trump considering that college or university, in accordance to the book. Lauder reportedly presented to act as an middleman in between the U.S. and Denmark.

Although some in Trump's orbit dismissed Trump's fixation on Greenland as a mere passing amusement of the previous president, others took measures to think about it. John Bolton, the national security adviser at the time, advised his aide to contemplate concepts on how to receive Greenland, in accordance to the reserve.

Bolton felt Greenland could provide as a vital counter to China in the Arctic region even if obtaining it was not doable, per the e-book. Fascination in Greenland culminated in 2019 when Denmark’s primary minister shrugged off chat of advertising Greenland as “absurd.” Experience snubbed, Trump canceled a journey to Denmark in reaction.

“Denmark is a quite special nation with unbelievable individuals, but dependent on Primary Minister Mette Frederiksen’s reviews, that she would have no interest in talking about the order of Greenland, I will be postponing our conference scheduled in two weeks for a different time,” Trump tweeted at the time.

Social media end users speedily dredged up an outdated clip of 2016 GOP presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fretting that Trump may perhaps one day nuke Denmark if he assumed the presidency.

Trump reportedly belittled Puerto Rico as “dirty," a previous Section of Homeland Security official claimed in 2020, and the previous president confronted condemnation for his reaction to Hurricane Maria pummeling Puerto Rico in 2017.

The Divider: Trump in the White Home, 2017-2021 is slated for publication upcoming Tuesday. The book also revealed that Trump dominated out owning former Vice President Mike Pence as his working mate in a hypothetical 2024 race.