US Vice-President J.D. Vance will visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday, adding to pressure on the autonomous Danish territory that Donald Trump wants to take over.
Vance, who has become Trump’s attack dog on foreign policy matters, will travel with his wife Usha to Pituffik Space Base on Friday “to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet with US servicemembers”, his office said in a statement.
The vice-president had earlier said in a video message that there was “so much excitement” around his wife’s planned visit to Greenland that “I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her”.
According to the Arctic island’s outgoing Prime Minister Mute Egede, US national security adviser Mike Waltz would also visit Greenland this week, while US media have reported that Energy Secretary Chris Wright would travel there as well.
The visits, presented as private, have angered Danish and Greenlandic politicians.
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