President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his demand that the United States be given control of Greenland ― and his critics can hardly believe it.

“Well, that’s what hurt my relationship with NATO, because Greenland doesn’t help Denmark. Denmark doesn’t spend money to really help Greenland, but it’s an important part for the United States, and it’s surrounded by China ships and Russian ships and that’s not gonna happen, the ships, is not gonna happen. It was Greenland, and it continues to be, that should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark. And when they wouldn’t go along with it, and with all the money we spend to help them with Russia, and we don’t have to spend any money, we could remove all of our soldiers out of Europe, because as you probably noticed, Europe’s a very different place than it was 20 years ago. Lot different, much different, it’s a much different ― and they’d better be careful with immigration and energy. If they’re not careful with those two things, you’re not gonna have a Europe anymore.”

Greenland officials said earlier this year that the island is not for sale, and a pro-Trump candidate in last year’s election there flopped in the polls.