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ISIS says it was behind

the weekend suicide bomb-

ing of an Afghan wedding

that left 63 dead — includ-

ing women and children —

and nearly 200 others

wounded.

The terrorist group said a

Pakistani ISIS member had

carried out the late Saturday

attack by detonating a car

bomb outside the gathering

in a Shiite neighborhood in

the western part of Afghani-

stan’s capital of Kabul.

ISIS has been behind pre-

vious attacks on Shiites,

who they consider a reli-

gious and political enemy.

Ahmad Omid, who sur-

vived the blast at a wedding

hall known as Dubai City,

said about 1,200 guests had

been invited for his father’s

cousin’s wedding.

“I was with the groom in

the other room when we

heard the blast, and then I

couldn’t find anyone,” he

said. “Everyone was lying

all around the hall.”

The bomb detonated near

the stage of the celebration,

where musicians were play-

ing, and “all the youths,

children and all the people

who were there were

killed,” said Gul Moham-

mad, an eyewitness to the

blast.

The latest bombing was

condemned by local Taliban

insurgents as “forbidden

and unjustifiable.”

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, with AP

Wedding

carnage

on ISIS

A Poughkeepsie resident

fatally shot a man during a

late-night home invasion,

police said.

The unidentified resident

called police at around 10

p.m. Saturday to report that

two men with handguns

had entered his home and

were attempting to rob him.

Police say the man fought

the two intruders and at

one point grabbed one of

the guns and shot one of

the men. The other man

fled on foot and has not

been arrested.

The man who was shot

was pronounced dead at

the scene. His identity had

not yet been released as of

Sunday night. AP

Poughkeepsie

intruder slain

President Trump offered a rosy

projection Sunday for the coun-

try’s economy, waving off hand-

wringing that a recession could be

on the horizon.

“I don’t see a recession,” Trump

told reporters as he left his Bed-

minster, NJ, estate for Washing-

ton, DC. “I’m prepared for every-

thing, [but] I don’t think we’re

having a recession.”

His comments echoed remarks

that his top economic adviser

made earlier in the day.

“I don’t see a recession at all,”

Larry Kudlow told “Fox News

Sunday.” “I think we’re in pretty

good shape, and I want to just say,

you know, we should not be afraid

of optimism. What’s wrong with a

little optimism?”

Trump was more circumspect

about the global economy.

“I mean, the world is in a reces-

sion right now,” he said. “China is

doing very, very poorly.”

Trump attributed China’s strug-

gles to an ongoing trade dispute

with the US — as his administra-

tion pushes to ink a restructured

commerce deal with the super

power.

Trump declined to say whether

he’d recently spoken with his Chi-

nese counterpart, President Xi

Jinping, but maintained that a

hardline stance will lead to a fa-

vorable outcome for the US.

“I’m not ready to make a deal,”

he said. Nikki Schwab

Prez: US not in recession, world is

Yes, he’s ‘interested’ in buying Greenland

By NIKKI SCHWAB

We’ve got the green if they’ve

got the land.

President Trump confirmed on

Sunday that he’s “interested” in

swinging a deal with Denmark to

buy Greenland, dusting off his

real-estate tycoon bona fides with

an international sales pitch.

“Denmark, essentially, owns it.

We’re very good allies with Den-

mark. We protect Denmark, like

we protect large portions of the

world,” Trump told reporters of

the origin of his flirtation with

buying Greenland, following re-

ports last week that he was inter-

ested.

“Essentially it’s a large real-es-

tate deal,” he said.

“And so the concept came up

and I said certainly, strategically

it’s interesting,” Trump said. “And

we’d be interested.”

Denmark has insisted that

Greenland — a semi-autonomous

Danish territory with its own gov-

ernment — isn’t on the market,

with former Prime Minister Lars

Lokke Rasmussen tweeting that “It

must be an April Fool’s Day joke..

. but totally out of [season]!”
But Trump said Sunday that the
Scandinavian kingdom may want
to reconsider, claiming that hold-
ing onto Greenland was bleeding
the country dry.
“It’s hurting Denmark because
they’re losing almost $700 million
a year carrying it,” said Trump.
“So they carry it at a great loss.
“And strategically for the United
States it would be nice.”
Trump also hinted that he might
swing by Denmark when he pays a
visit to Poland in early September
— but said that such a trip
wouldn’t be in an effort to pry
Greenland loose.
“Not for this reason at all,” said
Trump of the potential Denmark
visit. “But we’re looking at it. It’s
not No. 1 on the burner.”
Trump’s remarks, made as he
prepared to depart his Bedminster
resort for the White House, came
hours after his top economic ad-
viser declined to pour cold water
on the rumors.
“I don’t want to predict an out-
come, I’m just saying the presi-
dent, who knows a thing or two
about buying real estate, wants to

take a look at a Greenland pur-

chase,” Larry Kudlow told Dana

Perino on “Fox News Sunday.”

Kudlow called the situation “de-

veloping,” and recalled how for-

mer President Harry Truman had

also entertained the thought of

snapping up Greenland during his

time in office.

“Denmark owns Greenland,

Denmark is an ally, Greenland is a

strategic place up there,” said

Kudlow, laying out the allure of

owning the largely ice-covered

mass. “They’ve got a lot of valu-

able minerals.”

Additional reporting by Aaron

Feis

Reuters

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