The President of the United States Donald Trump intensified his claims on Greenlandbefore the controversial visit of the vice -president JD Vance. «We need Greenland for international security. We need it. We have to have it, “Trump said at the Podcaster Vince Coglianese. “I hate saying it in this way, but we will have to have it,” he added.
Vance in Greenland despite protests in Denmark
Vice -president of the United States JD Vance has announced that he will visit Greenland on Friday, Challenging the previous protests of Denmark against the imminent visit of US officials in its autonomous territory, openly coveted by Donald Trump.
According to the American press, the National Security Councilor Mike Waltz, who according to the Greenish government should visit Greenland this week, and the Minister of Energy Chris Wright had already planned the journey. And Usha Vance, Vance’s wife, who will be present from Thursday to Saturday. Now it is the turn of the vice -president, who has adopted a particularly hard line in foreign policy. “There was so much excitement for Usha’s visit to Greenland on Friday that I decided not to leave her all fun, so I will join her,” said the Vice -President of the United States in a video posted on the X platform.
JD Vance will go to the spatial base of Pituffikik, a base belonging to the space of the US army space“To be informed about the Arctic security issues” and to meet the troops, according to his office. He will be accompanied by his wife, who will not participate in the national race of sled dogs, as initially announced.
According to the US vice -president, the Pituffikk base is used for the detection of missile launches, Missilistic defense and space surveillance missions ».
The announcement of the first visits, presented as private, had already aroused the ire of Danish and Greenlandic politicians. “We cannot organize a private visit with official representatives of another country,” Dane Prime Minister told the press Puts FrederiKsen. «The pressure exerted on Greenland and Denmark in this situation is unacceptable. And it is a pressure to which we will resist, “added the prime minister, underlining that he has the support of his allies throughout Europe.