‘Unacceptable’ pressure on Greenland for Usha Vance, Trump adviser’s trip: Danish PM | World News
Denmark and Greenland have strongly pushed back against what they describe as “unacceptable pressure” from the US over a planned visit an American delegation including President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and the country’s Second Lady Usha Vance, with Danish Prime Miner Mette Frederiksen openly criticising Washington’s approach.
Outgoing Greenlandic Prime Miner Múte Bourup Egede condemned the visits, said: “It must be stated in bold that our integrity and democracy must be respected without any external interference.”
Frederiksen went even further, telling TV2 this morning that the US pressure on Greenland and Denmark was “unacceptable ”.
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She also added that these planned trips could not be seen as unrelated to increasingly assertive “statements and reports we have heard from the American side, starting in January and up until now.”
“It is clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs, or what Greenland wants. And it is pressure that we will res,” she said.
“In the kingdom, we want to cooperate with the Americans. But it must be a cooperation that is based on the fundamental values of sovereignty and respect between countries and peoples,” she added.
“This is something we are looking at seriously. The dialogue with the US regarding Greenland will take place in close coordination between the Danish government and the future Greenlandic government.”Story continues below this ad
Waltz and Vance are scheduled to arrive in Greenland this week as part of a delegation that will also include the US energy secretary, Chris Wright.
Map showing Greenland and its resources.
Trump while talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday, said, “I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future.” He has previously pledged to make the autonomous territory part of the US “one way or the other”, and has refused to rule out using military or economic force to do so.
The controversy has intensified following remarks from US Vice President JD Vance, who last month accused Denmark of “not doing its job” in countering Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic.
“If that means that we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do because he doesn’t care about what the Europeans scream at us,” Vance told Fox News.Story continues below this ad
Despite the backlash, White House National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes insed the delegation’s visit was meant to “learn about Greenland, its culture, hory, and people.”
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