Trump officials take a “private visit” of the American space base in Greenland

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Many of the Trump administration officials are scheduled to travel to Greenland next week because the Arctic Island is highlighted by the US President who are holding talks to form a new government and hold local elections.

Mike Waltz, US National Security Adviser, Usha Vans, Vice Vice President JD Vance, and Army and Energy Secretaries will travel to Greenland In what is described as a “private visit” from Thursday to Saturday, according to people who have knowledge of the trip.

A source familiar with the visit confirmed that Valtz and Energy Minister Chris Wright will visit the Pittvic space base, the American military fixation in Greenland. Danish and green officials said they were open to the increase in the American presence on the island, but not to seize it.

The journey caused terror between green and Danish officials, as it comes on the eve of the local elections and only weeks of parliamentary vote on the island, which is part of Denmark.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed the desire to obtain the Arctic Island, and even refused to exclude the use of military force to take over from an ally of his colleagues in NATO. The older son of Trump, Donald Junior, also traveled to the island on a “private visit” in January.

The reaction of Metty Friedrixen, Prime Minister of Denmark, was dismayed in the new American visit, saying that she could not be seen independently of the general data “made by Trump and other officials.

She said: “In the Kingdom (in Denmark), we want to cooperate with the Americans. But it must be and must be a cooperation dependent on the basic values ​​of sovereignty and respect between countries and peoples. This is something we look at serious.”

Trump and other officials in the United States praised the outcome of the parliamentary elections in Greenland, and it appears to be equivalent to the preference of voters for the pro -independence parties with an American payment. But a poll recently showed that only 6 percent of Greenland wanted to join the United States and oppose 85 percent completely.

All the leaders of the current parties represented in Parliament Al -Jazeera condemned Trump’s behavior as “unacceptable.”

AAJA Chemnitz, Greenland’s deputy in the Denmark Parliament, told Danish television that the visit was “a concept interference” in Al -Jazeera policy near the elections.

“Everyone who tries to intervene, but it is not part of the Greenland community, should stay far away. We are at one time in the history of Greenland a special challenge because we are affected by what is happening abroad.”

Martin Leidgard, the former Danish minister and the current deputy opposition, said that the visit crossed what was acceptable to both Denmark and Greenland. “Now it will be important for Denmark and Greenland to adhere to each other,” he added.

The Usha Vance Office confirmed that it will travel with her son “and the United States delegation … to visit historical sites, learn about the green heritage, and the presence of Avanata Qimussu, the national dog race in Greenland.”

The organization behind the Dog Sling Media Greenlandic contest has received a large but secret amount from the American consulate in Nuk, the capital of Greenland.