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"Our message to Denmark is very simple," Vance added. "You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
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"We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%," Trump said, according to NBC.
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Trump has dreams of Greenland. But the semiautonomous territory of Denmark wants no part of it.
N UUK, Greenland — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.
As President Trump talks of acquiring Greenland, Vice President Vance has taken on a role of good cop, using softer language than his boss.
U.S. 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.
President Donald Trump said this week that the U.S. “would go as far as we have to” to take ownership of territory."
Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark of failing to keep Greenland safe. The foreign affairs minister of Denmark scolded the vice president soon after: "We are open to criticism. But let me be completely honest: We do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered.
Vice President J.D. Vance made a pitch Friday for Greenland to consider U.S. leadership, saying Denmark is "failing" at securing the Arctic island.
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JD Vance criticized Denmark for neglecting Greenland's people and security during a visit to Pituffik Space Base, and Greenlandic officials had mixed reactions.