- Title: VP Vance and U.S. delegation to visit Greenland
- Date: 27th March 2025
- Summary: NUUK, GREENLAND (FILE - FEBRUARY 6, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GREENLANDIC FLAG OVER CHURCH FORMER U.S. ARCTIC COMMISSIONER DURING TRUMP’S FIRST PRESIDENCY AND FOUNDER OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION THAT WORKS ON U.S.-GREENLANDIC RELATIONS, THOMAS EMANUEL DANS, STANDING IN FRONT OF CHURCH U.S. FLAG ON DANS’S CAP (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. ARCTIC COMMISSIONER DURING TR
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- Keywords: Donald Trump Greenland JD Vance Pituffik Space Base parliament visit
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- Country: Denmark
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA006156225032025RP1
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- Story Text:Danish government ministers have condemned what they call President Donald Trump's escalated rhetoric in the face of U.S. pressure for control over Greenland, as Vice President JD Vance is set to head a delegation to the Arctic island on Friday (March 28).
Reiterating his desire to take over Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous Danish territory, Trump told journalists on Wednesday (March 26) that the U.S. needs the strategically located island for national and international security.
Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told Reuters the planned Vance visit was "chaotic" and "disrespectful" and that Greenlanders didn't "want to be Danish or American".
Earlier this week, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the United States is putting unacceptable pressure on Greenland.
Noa Redington, an analyst and former adviser to previous Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, told Reuters that Denmark was now "very vulnerable" in terms of its U.S. relations, but that it may itself need to "escalate" its rhetoric on the matter.
Vance is set to visit the U.S. military base at Pituffik in northern Greenland on Friday.
However, an earlier plan for his wife, Usha, to visit a popular dog-sled race was called off amid local protests.
The planned visit by Usha Vance to the dog-sled event had set off a diplomatic spat between Copenhagen and Washington, and the Danish government welcomed the eventual cancellation.
Almost all Greenlanders oppose becoming part of the United States, according to opinion polls.
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