President Donald Trump sparked a flood of ridicule _ and plenty of witty internet memes _ with his half-baked idea to buy Greenland.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar might have had the best zinger, mocking the president for his quixotic plan and his propensity for self-promotion and self-dealing.
"The difference between Donald Trump and Greenland? Greenland is not for sale," Klobuchar tweeted.
The underdog Minnesota Democratic presidential candidate's tweet earned nearly 170,000 likes in 24 hours, a healthy number considering she is mired in the middle of the crowded 24-person field.
Trump advisers at first thought their boss was joking about purchasing the sprawling mineral rich territory in the north Atlantic. But they realized he was serious when he kept on bringing up the odd topic.
Denmark rejected the interest out of hand for the giant island that it controls as an overseas territory, with the former prime minister questioning if it was a joke.
The New York Daily News won widespread attention with its Saturday cover "Fjord to Trump: Drop Dead," a play on its famed 1975 front page that trashed President Gerald Ford for rejecting a bailout of the Big Apple.
