JD Vance is set to visit Greenland with his wife Usha on Friday – making him the most senior US official to visit the territory amid a growing war of words following threats from Donald Trump to take the island over.
Ahead of the visit, the Vice President suggested that the self-governing Danish territory has not received enough defence support from Copenhagen, arguing that global security is at stake.
‘Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world,’ he said in an online video.
‘Leaders have ignored Greenland for far too long’
In an apparent jibe after a comment he made about Europe ‘free-loading’ off the US for its defence was revealed on Monday, Vance added: ‘Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long.
Looking forward to visiting Greenland on Friday!🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/p3HslD3hhP
— JD Vance (@JDVance) March 25, 2025
‘That’s been bad for Greenland, it’s also been bad for the security of the entire world. We think we can take things in a different direction, so I’m gonna go check it out.’
President Trump has irked much of Europe with his repeated suggestions that the US should in some form control the mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark.
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