Pompeo praises ‘US ally’ Denmark after Trump cancels visit
The US and Denmark"are close friends and allies with long history of active engagement across globe," he wrote on Twitter.While praising Denmark as a"very special country", Mr Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that his planned visit would no longer go ahead because Ms Frederiksen had"no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland".
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn on Wednesday afternoon, he took umbrage at Ms Frederiksen calling his plans"absurd". "She's not talking to me. She's talking to the United States of America. You don't talk to the United States that way, at least under me," he added.
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