Danish lawmaker Anders Vistisen on Thursday defended his decision to publicly tell U.S. President Donald Trump to “f--k off,” offering a couple reasons for his choice of words earlier this week. When CNN anchor Erin Burnett asked the European Parliament member why he was “so blunt,

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.

The story goes that Trump and Frederiksen spoke on the phone last week for about 45 minutes in what was expected to be a bit of a feeling-out between the two parties, given Trump’s very public declaration that he would like to take Greenland off Denmark’s hands.