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The trip was historic as Vance became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Greenland, and traveled farther north than any senior U.S. leader has ever gone for an official visit.
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Denmark's prime minister will visit semi-autonomous Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the territory's incoming government, following U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated expressions of interest ...
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Amid President Donald Trump’s talk of the U.S. acquiring Greenland, Vice President JD Vance has taken on a role of White House good cop, using softer language as his boss keeps the option of using military force on the table.
The battle over Greenland is set to intensify this week as Denmark's prime minister visits the Arctic island days after U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Danish channel TV 2 reported that U.S. representatives knocked on doors in Greenland's capital Nuuk to see if residents would welcome a visit from Usha Vance.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Denmark has “underinvested” in Greenland’s security and demands Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory.
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Washington — Vice President JD Vance said Friday during a day trip to a U.S. base in Greenland that the Trump administration doesn't think that "military force is ever going to be necessary" there, the same day President Trump said, "We have to have Greenland."
Vice President JD Vance is now accompanying his wife on the trip. The itinerary has changed so they will only visit the Pituffik Space Base on Greenland's northwest coast. Earlier plans for the trip had included Usha Vance visiting Greenland's capital Nuuk, historic sites and attending the Avannaata Qimussersu dogsled race in Sisimiut.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested the United States would better protect the semi-autonomous Danish territory that President Donald Trump has pressed to take over.
Vice President Vance looked to appeal to Greenland by urging it to side with the US, not Russia or China, after it seeks independence from Denmark.
The vice president shared a video montage Monday of his recent visit to the Danish territory in which he claimed Donald Trump is "a president of peace."