Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email.

President Trump isn’t taking “no” for an answer on acquiring Greenland. Although the self-governing territory and its colonial authority, Denmark, insist the island isn’t for sale, Republicans in Congress are backing the plan to expand America’s boundaries northward.

Donald Trump says he’s serious about an acquisition, possibly hostile, of that place called Greenland, a snowy very large venue that nearly abuts the North Pole. But it’s filled with natural resources and strategically placed to the north of us,