The US Vice President JD Vance is a threat to travel to Greenland on Friday and join his wife, Usha, to take over Donald Trump’s island.
According to the White House, the couple will go to the PITUFFIK space base to meet the Arctic security issues and meet the members of the US military.
Usha Vance was planned to travel to Denmark’s territory by visiting cultural visits before her husband announced her plan. Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, will also visit a separate trip this week.
Greenland officials criticized the planned visit for rude.
Greenland, the world’s largest island between the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean, was controlled by Denmark, which is almost 3,000 km (1,860 miles) for about 300 years.
It dominates its own domestic problems, but Copenhagen decides on foreign and defense policies. The United States has long maintained security and military positions since World War II.
Located in the northwest of Greenland, the PITUFFIK space base supports missile warnings, aviation defense and space monitoring missions.
Vance said in a video posted on Social Media Platform X that he was very excited about his wife’s trip to Greenland. “I’m joining her because she didn’t want her to have all that fun.
He visited the military installation, saying, “Many other countries have threatened Greenland and threaten Canada to use territory and waterways to threaten the United States and of course threaten the territory and waterway to threaten the Greenland people.
He added that the Trump administration wanted to revitalize the Greenland people’s security, and the United States and Danish ignored it too long.
I’m not sure if Mike Waltz is still going to visit. The BBC contacted the White House for confirmation.
Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes, the founder and executive director of Polar Research and Policy Initiative Sink Tank headquartered in London, criticized the visit.
He said that it was “very unusual” to visit Greenland without a high -level delegation of US officials.
Considering the strategic importance, he said that the US’s interest in Greenland’s security is meaningful. But he added that he could not explain that Washington’s aggressive approach was especially aggressive in light of Trump’s opinion on acquiring territory.
“By saying that the United States will acquire one way or the other side, ignoring the Greenlands is not helpful but unproductive as a tactic.
According to a recent poll, almost 80%of Green Randers has regained independence in Denmark. However, according to a January survey, the idea that the number of more numbers would be part of the United States.
