Greenland: JD Vance takes ominous message to Danish territory
Many in the Danish territory feel bullied by the US, Andrew Harding finds on a trip to Nuuk.
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The appearance of the spectacular northern lights – a common wonder in these parts – seemed to mark the end of a hugely significant day in the arctic, one that brought icebound Greenland's hopes and challenges into the sharpest relief.
It was a day in which an acquisitive foreign power had sent an uninvited delegation to the world's largest island with an uncomfortable message.
On a brief visit to a remote US military base in the far north of Greenland, US Vice-President JD Vance may have tried at times to soften his boss's stated aim of simply annexing the autonomous Danish territory.
"We do not think that military force is ever going to be necessary," Vance said, perhaps attempting to sound reassuring.
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