Danish official strikes back at Vance's Greenland comments: 'We do not appreciate the tone'

Denmark deed backmost astatine the Trump administration’s "tone" regarding Greenland connected Friday, saying "this is not however you talk to your adjacent allies."

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen released the connection successful a recorded video conscionable hours aft Vice President JD Vance visited an American subject basal successful Greenland, wherever the vice president criticized Denmark.

"I person a connection for our American friends and each others who are listening," Rasmussen said. "Much is being said these days. Many accusations and galore allegations person been made. And of people we are unfastened to criticism. But fto maine beryllium wholly honest: we bash not admit the code successful which it is being delivered. This is not however you talk to your adjacent allies. And I inactive see Denmark and the United States to beryllium adjacent allies."

The Trump medication has argued that Denmark is failing to support Greenland from Russian and Chinese aggression, with Vance telling American soldiers astatine the U.S.’s Pituffik Space Base successful northwest Greenland that "Denmark hasn't done a bully job at keeping Greenland safe."

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says that the Trump administration's "tone" toward Greenland is "not however you talk to your adjacent allies." (REUTERS/Mike Segar, File)

"Our connection to Denmark is precise simple: You person not done a bully occupation by the radical of Greenland," Vance said. "You person underinvested successful the radical of Greenland, and you person underinvested successful the information architecture of this incredible, beauteous landmass filled with unthinkable people. That has to change."

Vice President JD Vance toured the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base successful Greenland connected Friday, wherever helium said "Denmark hasn't done a bully job at keeping Greenland safe." (Jim Watson/Pool via REUTERS)

Trump has made it a ngo to instrumentality implicit Greenland from Denmark successful his 2nd administration.

Rasmussen said that "we respect" the request for the U.S. to person a greater subject beingness successful Greenland, and believes that "much more" tin beryllium done wrong the existing model of the 1951 defence statement with the U.S.

"Let america marque usage of that and fto america bash it together," the overseas curate said.

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Rasmussen noted that Vance said that some Denmark and the U.S. person done small successful the Arctic. In his message, Rasmussen said some countries person been "harvesting the bid dividend" and acting connected the presumption that the Arctic should beryllium "a low-changing area."

"But that clip is over," helium said. "Status quo is not an option. And that is wherefore we person stepped up arsenic well."

Rasmussen elaborate however Copenhagen invested a cardinal dollars successful Arctic information a fewer weeks agone to supply much drones, ships and unit successful the area. 

The overseas curate besides noted that Greenland is simply a portion of NATO and welcomed each allies to play "a greater relation successful the Arctic," though said Copenhagen would measurement up to bash its part.

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"We volition enarthrosis our stock of the responsibility. No 1 should uncertainty that," Rasmussen said.

Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.