Vance's surprise Greenland visit: Security concerns raised
Vice President J.D. Vance announced that, like his wife, he will also travel to Greenland on Friday. The Vice President is set to visit the American base on the island and "check out the security situation in Greenland." The American delegation has not been formally invited to the island.
In a video posted on platform X, Vance stated that his wife Usha's scheduled visit on Thursday had generated so much excitement that he doesn't want her to "have all that fun by herself" and decided to join her. The Vice President announced that he would head to the island on Friday and visit the stationed Space Force soldiers and "check out the security situation in Greenland."
— A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and of course, to threaten the people of Greenland, — said Vance. He declared that, along with President Donald Trump, he wants to "reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland."
— Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long — declared Vance.
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At the Pituffik base (formerly Thule) on the northwest coast of Greenland, approximately 150 U.S. Space Force and Air Force soldiers are stationed. The base engages in missile warning operations, space surveillance, as well as the command and control of United States satellites.
White House statement regarding Vance's visit
In an official statement issued shortly thereafter, the White House announced that Vance's visit, accompanied by his wife Usha, will take place instead of the previously planned visit by the U.S. delegation led by the Second Lady.
The delegation was supposed to include Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. The official purpose of that visit was to tour sites related to Greenland's heritage and watch the annual dog sled race. The American delegation has not been formally invited to the island, and the outgoing Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, regarded it as "aggressive" and a provocation.
