budgeted at about $535 million in 2017. still, according to the wall street journal, in meetings, at dinners, and in passing conversations, mr. trump asked advisers whether the u.s. whether the u.s. can acquire greenland. listen with interest when they discussed it s abundant resources and geopolitical importance. kristen welker is back with us from new jersey. and the associated press white house reportered and political analyst jonathan la mere joins the conversation. chris it, greenland owned by denmark is apparently not for sale. the greenland foreign affairs ministry tweeted the out green sland rich in valuable resources such as minerals, purest water and ice, and is a new frontier for adventure tourism. we are open for business, not for sale. what do you make of his interest in buying greenland? what s the president s rational on why he wanted it? this is certainly a big talker, ayman, there s no doubt about that. look, i think that on the one
tell us about the significance of her statement and what this reflects in terms of ordinary reality for palestinians. thank you, ayman. this is so important. what this really gives us is a window into the kind of daily humiliating and torturous decisions that palestinians are forced to make every day that are imposed by israeli policies, pitting one piece of their humanitity against another. and there are so many examples. do i drop my pants at a military checkpoint if it means being able to make it to a hospital appointment that i need to get to. if it means i can t go with my brother whose permit was denied. do i post what i really think about the situation on the ground on social media if it means never being able to see my family again. do i allow my 5-year-old child
women in congress. the president who publicly and privately campaigned for the move insists he had nothing to do with it. i don t encourage or discourage. the things they have said, omar, tlaib, what they have said is disgracef disgraceful. so i don t know why israel would let them in. prour team is standing by on all of this. kristen welker is with the president in new jersey. what the very latest on this? reporter: well, ayman, first,s the background. israel saying yesterday they were going to block entrance for the two congresswomen because they support a controversial boycott of israel, only to reverse today. they said they are on the grounds of humanitarian basis, allowing rashida tlaib to visit
hand president trump sees a strategic value for the united states in the arctic. on the other hand, it s something that some past presidents have looked into, former president truman, for example. but it s hard to know how seriously he s really considering this, ayman. this is a president who likes to spitball, who likes to throw around ideas. so we know that so far he has tossed out this idea to aides, the white house counsel looking at whether or not it would even be legal or possible. but as you point out, greenland very insistent it s not for sale. he s going to visit denmark in september. so big question swirling around whether or not this will actually come up. we just tried to get answers about that. so far no response, but we will get back to you as soon as we get an answer on it. jonathan, i think you may have had the quote of the day when you say the dream has died for purchasing greenland. why would the president want to
pointing at omar trying to energize his base. for president trump, he does see some political gain. ayman, the big question is, is this going to backfire for president trump? yes, it may be something that energizes his base. but how does it play on other areas, the suburbs, the areas that he needs to win re-election. aym ayman. we are seeing some of that on capitol hill. thank you, as always. with me is the executive director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights and former state department senior adviser in the obama administration. husyus yusef, congresswoman rashida tlaib not going to the occupied territory to visit her grandmother.