Trump whined about his Greenland policies hurting the stock market, saying: “Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”…

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/157160

President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to Greenland as “Iceland” during his speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, even as he demanded that the U.S. be handed ownership of the territory. When the president initially raised Greenland, which he said he was originally “going to leave … out of the speech,” he referred to it correctly. He issued veiled threats to Denmark…

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  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Shortly after the speech, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was already on the defense. In a post on X, she quoted News Nation reporter Libbey Dean, who pointed out that Trump mixed up the two names.

    “No he didn’t, Libby[sic]. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here,” Leavitt wrote, attaching a screenshot of a Google result for Greenland showing a large chunk of ice floating in the ocean.

    It’s amazing how willingly they lie when the OBVIOUS TRUTH is right in front of our eyes.