Sen. Tom Cotton says he raised the idea of buying Greenland with the White House well before the issue became public last week, a proposal that ultimately caused a diplomatic spat between President Trump and the Danish Prime Minister
The Arkansas Republican discussed purchasing the territory of Greenland with Denmark's ambassador to the US last year and subsequently floated the idea to President Donald Trump, a senior Senate aide confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Those conversations occurred prior to Trump postponing his upcoming trip to Denmark via Twitter this week after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen disputed the idea of a Greenland sale as"absurd.
"Cotton, who is widely regarded as a foreign policy hawk, has routinely offered his advice to the President on a wide array of national security issues. Trump confirmed his interest in buying Greenland on Sunday, though at the time he suggested his now-postponed trip to Denmark was not related."We are good allies with Denmark. We protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world, and the concept came up," the President said on Sunday.
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