Petenfall, Greenland -March 28: The US Vice President JD Vance speaks on March 28, 2025 in Petenfik, Greenland, at the PETentfik world dream of the US military. The travel route for the visit was relocated to a plan for a more extensive journey of civil servants in Greenland and Denmark, which controls the foreign and defense policy of the semi -autonomous area. (Photo by Jim Watson – Pool / Getty Images)
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The US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday that Greenland's security and claimed that other European allies did not keep up with defense spending.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his wish to obtain control over the autonomous Danish territory and to describe the view as a “absolute need” for the national security of the United States.
“Denmark did not do a good job to get Greenland to safety,” Vance told the service members at the Petenuffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.
“We know that our allies in Europe have too often not kept step, did not keep up with the military spending and did not keep Denmark to dedicate the resources that are necessary to keep this basis, to keep this basis, to protect our troops, and to protect the people in Greenland from many very aggressive interventions from Russia, China and other nations in this area,” said, “said,” said Vance reporter.
The Vice President said
The US Vice President JD Vance (C) poses with the second Lady Usha Vance (2nd l), the national security consultant Mike Waltz (3rd l), his wife, the former advisor for Heimatschutz, Julia Nesheiwat (L) and the secretary of Energy Chris Wright (R) when she was the US military base on March 28, 2025, 2025 in Pittuffik, Greenland.
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“We know that Russia and China and other nations interest an exceptional interest in arctic passages and arctic marin routes and indeed in the minerals of the Arctic areas. We have to make sure that America leads in the Arctic, because if America is not filling the gap,” he said.
After Vance's visit, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said that his country was “open to criticism”, but they appreciate the tone in which it is delivered not “do not” appreciate.
“You don't talk to your tight allies,” he said in a video message divided on the social media platform x.
“We respect that the United States need a greater military presence in Greenland, as Vice President Vance mentioned tonight. We, Denmark and Greenland, are very open to discuss this with them,” said Rasmussen.
'Rhetoric'
Vances' visit takes place when Trump was repeated at the beginning of this week to take on Greenland for national and international security purposes, repeated and said that the United States “would go as far as we have to go”.
“We need Greenland and the world needs Greenland, including Denmark,” he said, referring to the island, which is a semi -autonomic territory of Denmark.
The Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen condemned Trump's comments and said that the “far -fetched” rhetoric was another escalation from the United States.
Both the governments of Greenland and Denmark repeatedly expressed the resistance to Trump's suggestions, with silent age Egged, the outgoing Prime Minister of Greenland, said at the beginning of this month: “Do not treat us with disrespect. There is enough.”
In the meantime, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this week that it would be a “profound mistake” to relieve Trump's efforts “as an absurd conversation of the new US government”.
Putin said the United States had previously offered to buy Greenland and had plans to control the territory “already in the 1860s”.
“In short, the United States have serious plans in terms of Greenland. These plans have long historical roots, as I just mentioned, and it is obvious that the United States continues to drive their geo-strategic, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic consistently,” said the Russian President.
The first plan in the United States for a delegation of civil servants who visit the island this week was criticized by managers in Denmark and Greenland. The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen claimed that the plans had “unacceptable pressure”.
The trip was shortened into a one-day event and limited to a visit to the US petenfik play of the world on the island, which is far away from the cities of the territory.
Denmark welcomed the changes, with Foreign Minister Rasmussen proposed to symbolize a de -escalation.
– Sam Meredith from CNBC contributed to this report.
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