Denmark, Greenland and J.D. Vance
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Although Vance will become the highest-ranking US official to visit Greenland, a visit to a US base is less controversial than the original plan for his wife's visit, which Greenland's acting head of...
The New York Times |
Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday: “We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘Do you think we can do without it.’ We can’t.”
The New York Times |
The Danish government also strongly opposed the original plan, and on Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, “There is no doubt that we are facing a difficult situation.”
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According to the vice president's office, the second lady's travel plans changed after Vice President JD Vance decided to join the Greenland trip.
The VP said the territory would “be a lot better” under the U.S. security umbrella and scolded Denmark for not doing “a good job” by Greenlanders.
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NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.
Vance visited Greenland as President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to take ownership of the territory.
US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday (Mar 28) of not having done enough to protect Greenland when he visited the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump.
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Greenland to promote President Donald Trump’s claim that America has to have the Danish territory—and that Greenlanders would be more secure under U.S. protection.
Vice President J.D. Vance and second lady Usha Vance arrived in Greenland on Friday for a scaled-back visit to the Pituffik Space Base. The couple boarded Air Force Two shortly after 6 a.m. Eastern time and were joined on the trip by national security adviser Mike Waltz,
The vice president and his wife led a delegation of high-ranking officials amid a heated debate over the future of the. Arctic island.