Vance and his wife appease Denmark with change to Greenland visit plans
Vice President JD Vance said he will join the second lady this week in Greenland, with changes made to a schedule that had sparked anger on the Arctic island.
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that he will join his wife this week as part of the U.S. delegation planning to visit Greenland, with changes also being made to a schedule that had sparked anger on the Arctic island.
On the visit, which Greenlanders have seen as provocative, Vance and second lady Usha Vance will travel to the American Pittufik space base along with national security adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
“We want to reinvigorate the security of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world,” Vance said in a video posted on X.
“Leaders in America and in Denmark ignored Greenland for far too long and that's been bad for Greenland. It's also been bad for the security of the entire world. We think we can take things in a different direction so I'm gonna go check it out,” the vice president added.
The announcement of the visit to the northwest of the semi-autonomous Danish territory went some way to soothing Copenhagen's anger. The plan replaced earlier plans for a trip by the second lady to the capital, Nuuk, Greenlandic heritage sites and the territory's national dogsled race.
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