Denmark in Trump's crosshairs as Vance makes ambitious appeal to Greenland

Denmark connected Friday recovered itself successful President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. Trump appears to beryllium honing successful connected what his medication is present arguing is a failure by Copenhagen to support Greenland from Russian and Chinese aggression.   

Speaking to American soldiers from the U.S.’s Pituffik Space Base successful northwest Greenland, Vice President Vance said, "Denmark hasn't done a bully occupation astatine keeping Greenland safe."

"What we deliberation is going to hap is that the Greenlanders are going to choose, done self-determination, to go autarkic of Denmark," Vance explained successful a much toned-down attack from Trump’s erstwhile statements. "And past we're going to person conversations with the radical of Greenland from there."

Vice President JD Vance (at the lectern) is applauded aft speaking astatine the US military's Pituffik Space Base connected March 28, 2025, successful Pituffik, Greenland. The itinerary for the sojourn was scaled backmost aft a program for a much extended travel drew disapproval from officials successful Greenland and Denmark, which controls overseas and defence argumentation of the semiautonomous territory.  (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

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The vice president’s reply was successful effect to questions from reporters arsenic to what lengths Trump would spell to, to get Greenland contempt beardown absorption wrong the arctic federation to go a portion of the U.S. arsenic the president has antecedently signaled is his ambition.

"We bash not deliberation that subject unit is ever going to beryllium necessary," Vance continued. "And due to the fact that we deliberation the radical of Greenland are rational and good, we deliberation we're going to beryllium capable to chopped a deal, Donald Trump-style, to guarantee the information of this territory, but besides the United States of America."

Vance said that Russia and China person been mostly moving unchecked successful the country and "encroaching" connected Greenland without due extortion from Denmark. 

Though Greenland is an autonomous nation, it is inactive a territory of Denmark, which means Copenhagen oversees its information needs. 

Houses successful Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

Greenland does not presently person its ain subject and would nary longer beryllium protected by NATO if it near Denmark, arsenic it would request to formally use for NATO rank arsenic an autarkic nation. 

"There has been an enlargement of the information footprint successful the information interests of Russia and China. They're doing what they judge is successful their interest," Vance said. "The United States indispensable bash what I cognize is successful our involvement -- which is to marque definite that Greenland is safe. 

"If Greenland doesn't person self-determination, if the radical of Greenland person their aboriginal controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, it's not going to marque their lives amended off, and astir importantly, it's going to marque American and world…security much, overmuch weaker," helium added.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance poses with Second Lady Usha Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, his wife, erstwhile homeland information advisor, Julia Nesheiwat and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright arsenic they circuit the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base successful Greenland connected March 28, 2025. Jim Watson/Pool via Reuters. (Jim Watson/Pool via Reuters.)

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Vance said helium wants Greenland to person American weapons, not Chinese weapons, and that helium believes a concern could beryllium secured erstwhile the arctic federation votes for independency from Denmark.

While immoderate successful Greenland person said they would beryllium funny successful securing a concern with Washington that could see entree to sportfishing lanes successful speech for defence guarantees, Trump has signaled that helium whitethorn beryllium much funny successful the nation’s uncommon world minerals and vigor opportunities. 

However, Greenland, which is environmentally conscious, has antecedently blocked the EU from making deals to entree those coveted resources. 

Vice President JD Vance arrives to committee Air Force Two aft touring the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base connected March 28, 2025, successful Pituffik, Greenland. The itinerary for the sojourn was scaled backmost aft a program for a much extended travel drew disapproval from officials successful Greenland and Denmark, which controls overseas and defence argumentation of the semiautonomous territory.  (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

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"When the President says we've got to person Greenland, he's saying this land is not safe," Vance said. "A batch of radical are funny successful it. A batch of radical are making a play. 

"Our connection is precise simple: Yes, the radical of Greenland are going to person self-determination," helium continued. "We anticipation that they take to spouse with the United States.

"We're the lone federation connected world that volition respect their sovereignty and respect their security, due to the fact that their information is precise overmuch our security," Vance said.