- Title: Greenland welcomes decision to limit U.S. visit
- Date: 24th March 2025
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 4, 2025) (HOUSE TV) PEOPLE CLAPPING AS U.S. STATE SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO GIVES A THUMBS UP AND SAYS THANK YOU (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: “I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future. And if you choose, we welcom
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- Keywords: Donald Trump Greenland Mette Frederiksen Mute Egede Usha Vance visit
- Location: NUUK, GREENLAND, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATATES, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- City: NUUK, GREENLAND, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATATES, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- Country: Greenland
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00A119224032025RP1
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- Story Text:Denmark on Wednesday (March 26) welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
Denmark's prime minister said on Tuesday that a scheduled visit by Usha Vance, the wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, to a popular dog-sled race in Greenland this week was part of an "unacceptable pressure" on the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
The White House on Tuesday announced that the delegation would instead be headed by JD Vance himself, but that it would only visit the U.S. Space Base at Pituffik in northern Greenland and not the dog-sled race, a big annual sporting event.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the government had nothing against Vance going the U.S. base and that the decision to cancel the visit to the Greenlandic society was "clearly a de-escalation" and "very positive".
Polls have shown that nearly all Greenlanders oppose becoming part of the United States, and anti-American protesters, some wearing 'Make America Go Away' caps and holding 'Yankees go home' banners, have recently staged some of the largest demonstrations ever seen in Greenland.
Similar protests had been planned in connection with the Vances' visit.
The organisers of the dog-sled race said in a statement on Wednesday that they had received grants from the American consulate in Nuuk.
Since Donald Trump Jr.'s private visit to the mineral-rich island in January, Trump has consistently talked of annexing Greenland and urged its residents to join the United States.
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