The former Prime Minister of Denmark described Trump’s island purchase as an April Fool’s Day joke. Is Trump’s behavior really stupid?

In fact, it cannot be said that they are stupid. They all have their own ideas as presidents. No matter how stupid the president is, he will never sink to that level. So Trump’s words may actually have other meanings. It may be a hint that you want to give to others. Or maybe he wanted to stir up the topic.

The idea of ??the United States buying Greenland has captured the heart of Trump, a former real estate developer. Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in buying Greenland, although with varying degrees of seriousness each time, these people said.

Whether it was at meetings, dinners or just mentioned in passing, Trump has repeatedly asked his advisers whether the United States could buy Greenland as they discussed Greenland's rich resources and geopolitical importance. During the meeting, Trump listened to their speeches with interest. Trump also asked his White House advisers to study the idea, two of the people said.

Two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday that some advisers laughed off the idea of ??buying Greenland as a joke, but others in the White House took it more seriously.

“This must be an April Fool’s joke. Totally inappropriate,” former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen wrote on Twitter. "If he is really thinking about it, it ultimately proves that he is crazy," Soren Espersen, the foreign affairs spokesman of the Danish People's Party, told the DR broadcaster. "The idea of ??Denmark selling 50,000 citizens to the United States is ridiculous."< /p>

“I’m sure most people in Greenland believe that in the long term it’s better to have a relationship with Denmark than a relationship with the United States,” said Inuit *** from Greenland’s second largest political party ( Danish lawmaker Aaja Chemnitz Larsen told Reuters.

"My first thought was, 'No, thank you,'" she said. Greenland, located between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, is an autonomous territory of Denmark and relies on Danish economic support. The United States made territorial claims to Greenland at the end of the 19th century. In 1917, Denmark sold the then Danish West Indies to the United States for $25 million, and the United States agreed to give up its territorial claims to Greenland. Therefore, Greenland will never be sold to the United States. Trump may have other ideas.