Washington – Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance Heading to the base in the United States Greenlandwhen the Trump White House stared at Denmark’s semi-dominant territory despite opposition from residents and leaders.
Sources familiar with the program told CBS News that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will join Vances. Sources said Waltz will travel on Friday.
The Second Lady was scheduled to visit Greenland this week on an expanded cultural tour, Vice President Announce On Tuesday, he will join her shorter trip, focusing more on U.S. policy and defense. They will spend time at Pituffik Space Base, a military installation in the northernmost United States.
“The strategic partnership between the United States and Greenland has played a crucial role in our national and economic security for a long time,” the vice president’s office said in announcing the change in the trip. During World War II, the United States established twelve military bases in Greenland to defend the North Atlantic from the Nazi invasion. During the Cold War, the United States provided Greenland with more resources to prevent Soviet missile attacks. For decades, since ignoring the inaction and idling of the Danish leaders and the U.S. government of the past, it has raised competitors to compete with our off-road competitors to improve their own priorities and to raise the priority of Greenland. course. ”
Despite Greenland’s leadership and people’s opposition, Mr. Trump has not given up on the idea of absorbing Greenland into the United States. Greenland is a vast island in northern and eastern Canada, and is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. About three times that of Texas, but mostly covered with ice. The majority of approximately 57,000 people (smaller than Carson, Nevada) live on the southern coast of Greenland.
one Recent polls Showing 85% of Greenlanders don’t want to be part of the United States, residents who spoke to CBS News clearly reflected the views expressed in the poll before Vance visited the island’s remote U.S. installation (the furthest northern military base in the United States).
“He can’t just accept that,” said Daniel Rosing, an intern electrician, who is proud of being Greenland.
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egge,,,,, The planned visit was “proactive” by US officials. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the United States is putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland.
Despite this opposition, Mr. Trump was in Speech before the joint meeting of Congress He has “message to the incredible people on Greenland tonight: We strongly support you in determining your future rights and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America.”
Mr. Trump said the territory is important to U.S. national security and his administration is “working with everyone involved to get it.”
“I think we will get it one way or another,” Mr. Trump said. “We will get it. We will make you safe, we will make you rich, and together we will bring Greenland to a height you never thought you would never thought you would have. It’s a very small population, but very, very large land, and it’s very important for military security.”
Holly Williams contributed to the report.
