* Apparently, the North Koreans were not alone in thinking the idea of buying Greenland was not a joke. On August 16, 2019—almost six months after the Trump/Kim dinner in Hanoi—the Wall Street Journal broke a remarkable story: President Trump had been repeatedly asking advisors to look into buying Greenland, which is a territory of Denmark. At first, the White House insisted the president was never serious about it, but the president himself soon proved he was entirely serious by canceling a planned trip to Denmark after the Danish prime minister declared Greenland was not for sale.