President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will revisit its stance on Greenland in the coming weeks.

Asked if he expected to take action on the territory, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday: “Let’s talk about Venezuela, Russia, Ukraine. We’ll worry about Greenland in about two months. Let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days.”

He added: “We need Greenland from a national security situation. It’s so strategic.”

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    Plus, it sound slike some decision will be made then, when all he said was “let’s talk about Greenland then”.

    At best, it’s a deadline for him and his advisors, not for Greenland. Which is ludicrous anyhow.

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      From what he actually said, it sounds like talks about a potential decision will begin then. That’s not at all what a deadline is.

      The way it was reported made it sound like a decision was already made, and actions would be taken by then. That’s not at all what he said though.

      There’s already plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize him, so I can’t stand when journalists distort things to make them seem even worse. It gives too much credence to the people defending him by framing all criticism as media spin.

      Things are already bad enough without reactionary sensationalism, so just focus on the facts without compromising journalistic integrity. Otherwise it’s just disinformation, which doesn’t help anyone. We’re supposed to be better than this.

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          Exactly, and that’s what the journalism should focus on. It detracts from the message when they give it a misleading spin. It’s already bad enough without the distortion of facts. That’s the point I’m trying to make.