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JD Vance and Usha Vance are visiting Greenland today (Image: Getty)
The US Vice President, JD Vance, and his wife Usha Vance are carrying out their controversial visit to Greenland today. The trip had to be majorly scaled down after locals in Greenland, a Danish territory with a large degree of autonomy, voiced their anger.
Amid fears of protests, the Vances' visit, which was originally meant to last three days, has been reduced to just a trip to Pituffik, a remote ice-locked US military base in northwestern Greenland. The visit comes amid increasingly concerning threats from the White House, with US President Donald Trump arguing in favour of the States taking over the territory for the sakes of its national security. Hours before the Vances' trip, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemingly gave a nod to Mr Trump's desire to take over Greenland, as he said: "In short, America's plans in relation to Greenland are serious. These plans have deep historical roots. And it's clear that the US will continue to systematically pursue its geo-strategic, military-political and economic interests in the Аrctic. As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us."
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Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s minister for foreign affairs, said: “This is about an American vice-president who is going to visit his own military installation in Greenland. It has nothing to do with us."
Vance wants to 'reinvigorate security of the people of Greenland'
The vice president will visit Pituffik - a remote ice-locked US military base in northwestern Greenland.
On his visit, JD Vance said: "Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it’s important to protect the security of the entire world.”
Leaders in Nuuk and Copenhagen have voiced their opposition to the trip amid ongoing threats by Donald Trump to take over Greenland.
A government source said: “It’s safe to say we would rather not have him [Vance] in Greenland."
Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, previously said: “Greenland is part of the Danish kingdom. That is not going to change.
"We in the kingdom would really like to work together with the Americans on defence and security. We want that in Ukraine, we want that in Europe, and of course we also want that when it comes to the high north. But Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
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