Greenland PM furious over Usha Vance visit after Trump threatens takeover: ‘Highly aggressive’
Fury over US Second Lady’s plan to visit Greenland
- Tensions are rising between Greenland and the US as President Donald Trump sends a delegation of senior officials, including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, to the territory.
- Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede criticised the move, particularly Mr Waltz's presence, as a "highly aggressive" demonstration of power and a sign of Trump's ambitions to annex Greenland.
- The White House has also announced that Second Lady Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, will visit the territory with the delegation to experience Greenlandic culture and attend a national dogsled race.
- Mr Egede said given Mr Trump’s claims that Greenland is essential for US security, “we are now at a level where it can in no way be characterised as a harmless visit from a politician's wife”.
- While Mr Trump has questioned Denmark’s claim to Greenland, the territory’s parliament and the Danish government have both said repeatedly that Greenland is not for sale.