JD, Usha Vance visit Greenland as the Trump Administration Land

Washington – Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Osha Vance They head to an American base in GreenlandThe White House also appoints Trump, the Danish sub -region, despite the opposition of the population and leaders.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said of joining Vandes, sources familiar with the planning of CBS News said. A source said that the Palls will travel on Friday.

The second lady to visit Greenland was originally scheduled for an expanded cultural trip this week, and the vice president Declare Tuesday, it will join it on a shorter journey more focused on US policy and defense. They will spend their time at the Pitufik Space base, in the far north of the American military installation.

“The strategic partnership between the United States and Greenland has long played a vital role in our national and economic security,” said the Vice President’s office. “During World War II, the United States has established more than ten military bases in Greenland to defend the Northern Ocean of Nazi incursion. During the Cold War, the United States adhered to additional resources to Greenland to defend Soviet missile attacks.

Mr. Trump did not surrender the idea of ​​Greenland’s absorption to the United States, despite the opposition of the Greenland leadership and its people. Greenland is a wide island to the north and eastern Canada and is an independent area in Denmark. It is about three times the size of Texas, but mostly covered with ice. Most of nearly 57,000 people – its population is smaller than the city of Carson, Nevada – live along the southern coast of Greenland.

A A modern poll 85 % of Greenlanders does not want to be part of the United States, and the population who spoke with CBS News before Vans visit to the United States remotely on the island – the maximum military base in North America – clearly reflects the feelings shown in this poll.

“He cannot take it like this,” said Daniel Ross, a trained electrician who said he was proud that he was Greenlander.

And the Prime Minister in Greenland, MúTe Bourup egeedand He called the planned visits by US officials “aggressive”. Metty Friedrixen, the Danish Prime Minister, said the United States puts “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland.

Despite this opposition, Mr. Trump said earlier this month in A. A letter to the joint session of Congress He had a “message tonight for the amazing people in Greenland: We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you in the United States of America.”

Mr. Trump said that the region is important for American national security and that his administration “is working with all concerned to try to get it.”

“I think we will get it, in one way or another,” said Mr. Trump. “We’ll get it. We’ll keep you safe, and we will make you rich, and we will take Greenland together to altitudes as you haven’t thought about it before. It is very small, but it is a very large plot of land, which is very important for military security.”

Holly Williams

He contributed to this report.