Trump shared a meme promising he wouldn't put a Trump Tower on Greenland

• President Donald Trump indicated he would not construct a Trump Tower in Greenland after he reportedly expressed interested in buying the island.
• "I promise not to do this to Greenland," Trump tweeted in a caption of an image with a golden Trump Tower.
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President Donald Trump indicated he would not construct a Trump Tower in Greenland after he reportedly expressed interested in buying the Denmark island.

"I promise not to do this to Greenland," Trump tweeted in a caption of an image with a golden Trump Tower.

Read more: Trump wants to buy Greenland. Only one-third of Americans would be willing to offer more than $12 for the island.

The meme circulated on social media after numerous reports suggested he was interested in purchasing the land, which is inhabited by roughly 56,000 people. The president's son Eric Trump also shared the meme on Monday.

Trump reportedly asked his staff to research whether the purchase was viable. The land includes the US's Thule Air Base.

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