NUUK, March 29 — US 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...
US Vice President JD Vance, flanked by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, speaks at the US. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025. — Reuters picNUUK, March 29 — US 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.
Trump has frequently said that the United States has a security imperative to acquire the island, which has been controlled by Denmark since 1721. As Greenlanders expressed deep unease about the visit, Vance vowed the people of Greenland would have “self-determination” and the US would respect its sovereignty.
“For many years we have stood side by side with the Americans under very difficult circumstances. Therefore the vice president’s description of Denmark is not a fair one,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement to Danish news agency Ritzau. “We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security. We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of, ‘Do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t,” Trump said.
The island, whose capital is closer to New York than it is to the Danish capital Copenhagen, boasts mineral, oil and natural gas wealth, but development has been slow and the mining sector has seen very limited US investment. Mining companies operating in Greenland are mostly Australian, Canadian or British.
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