JD Vance Slamms Denmark while visiting the American space base in Greenland

Denmark’s Vice President JD VANCE criticized during a visit to Greenland on Friday, saying that she did not do a good job in preserving the semi -self -territory and its people in safe from incursions by China and Russia, while pledged to respect the sovereignty of Greenland and asked its people “with the United States.”

Vans said that the United States does not have immediate plans to expand its military presence on the ground in Greenland, but it will invest in resources, including additional marine ships.

“Denmark did not keep pace with the resources needed to maintain this base, to preserve our forces, and in my opinion, to preserve the people of Greenland in safe from many very aggressive incursions from Russia, from China and other countries,” Vans said.

No details about the alleged incursions.

The Vice President of the United States said that Russia, China and other countries are interested in an “unusual interest” in the Arctic Corridors, marine roads and minerals in the region, and the United States will invest more resources, including marine vessels and military ice gauges that will have a greater presence in the country.

The new Prime Minister in Greenland said that the American visit indicates “lack of respect” and called for unity in the face of “pressure from abroad.”

The King of Denmark issued a support statement on social media. “We live in a changing reality,” said King Friedrich.

Vans made statements during his visit to the American military base in Petovic in the north of the Arctic Island, which came just hours after a new broad government alliance aimed at maintaining relations with Denmark at the present time, in the capital, Nok.

Vans received the members of the American Armed Forces shortly after his arrival, and thanked them for their service for the remote base, which is 1,200 km north of the Arctic Circle.

Vans also pledged to Greenland people who will obtain a “self -determination” and the United States will respect its sovereignty.

“We hope that they will choose partnership with the United States, because we are the only nation on the ground that will respect their sovereignty and respect their security, because their security is our security to a large extent.”

During his visit to Greenland, Vance spoke shortly about Canada – but on the issue of definitions that the United States threatened, not Separate annexation threat US President Donald has repeatedly raised against his neighboring neighbor.

“There is no way that Canada can win a trade war with the United States,” Verse said, when answering a question from one of the correspondents about the influence of Americans who may feel it from imposing definitions on goods from the United States’ allies.

“We need Greenland”: Trump

With Vans visit, Trump told the White House correspondents that the United States needs Greenland to ensure “peace of the whole world.”

“We need Greenland, and most importantly, for international security. We have to have Greenland. It is not an issue,” do you think we can do without it? Trump said, “We cannot.”

Trump said that the waterways in Greenland had “Chinese and Russian ships everywhere” and the United States will not depend on Denmark or anyone else to deal with the situation.

Trump added that Denmark and the European Union understand the reason for Greenland’s importance to peace all over the world “and if they do not, we will have to explain it to them.”

The American delegation also includes the wife of Vans, Usha, National Security Adviser Mike Walz and Energy Minister Chris Wright.

The preliminary plan for this trip was the wife of Vans to visit the island’s dog race with the Pallis, although it was not invited by the authorities in Greenland or Denmark.

General protests and anger from the authorities in Greenland and Denmark pushed the American delegation to fly only to the military base and not to meet the public.

Under the terms of the 1951 agreement, the United States has the right to visit its base whenever it wants, as long as it comes to Greenland and Copenhagen. Piteffik is located along the shortest road from Europe to North America, which is vital to the US ballistic missile warning system.

The island, whose capital is close to New York from the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is characterized by mineral and oil wealth and natural gas, but development was slow and the mining sector witnessed very limited investments. Mining companies operating in Greenland are mostly Australia, Canadian or British.

A White House official said Greenland has a large number of rare ground minerals that will occupy the next generation of the American economy.

The new Prime Minister calls for unity

On Friday, the new Prime Minister of Greenland urged Frederick Nielsen.

“While we are under our pressure as people, we must stand together,” Nielsen told a news conference.

His pro -business party, Democrats, who prefers gradual independence from Denmark, The largest party appeared In the March 11 elections.

Danish Prime Minister Metty Friedriksen, who called the initial plans to visit the United States “unacceptable”, congratulated Greenland on her new government in a post on Instagram: “I look forward to closing cooperation at an unnecessary time suffering from conflict.”

Andreas Osthajen, the first researcher in the Arctic Pole and Security at the Oslo -based Frevov Institute, said that the question now is to what extent Trump wants to push his idea to seize the island.

“The United States is still unlikely to use military means,” he told Reuters.

“But President Trump and Vice President Vance will continue to use other pressure, such as mysterious data, semi -official visits to Greenland, and economic tools,” he said.

“We are not for sale.”

By reviewing the trip, the Trump administration seeks to re -focus the discussion on the topics it is interested in: the American presence in Greenland, the available military capabilities and the broader security in the Arctic, according to Catherine Sinak, the head of the Atlantic Defense and Defense Program at the European Policy Analysis Center, a written linear and based in Washington.

“There is a change of course,” Sendak told Reuters.

However, some of the residents in Nock remained angry at the Trump administration before Vans’s visit.

“I am a human being. Humans are not for sale. We are not for sale,” Tongotag Larsen, the director, told Reuters.

Opinion polls have shown that almost all Greenland opposes to become part of the United States. The anti -American demonstrators, while others wearing “Make America Got Away”, carry “Yankees Go Home banners”, with some of the biggest demonstrations seen in Greenland.