60 h. ago Danish prime minister to visit Greenland after JD Vance’s criticism

Copenhagen points out that America has significantly pared back its military presence in the Arctic

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3 d. ago 'The US should take over Greenland': JD Vance says population would choose independence from Denmark and there will be no need to send in the troops

In a defiant speech during a fleeting visit to a US base on Greenland yesterday, JD Vance warned of threatening Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic in recent years.

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3 d. ago JD Vance says military force won't be needed in US plan to take over Greenland during controversial visit

US delegation’s visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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3 d. ago ‘It’s cold as s*** here!’ JD Vance appears shocked by Greenland’s weather during controversial visit

JD Vance appeared surprised that Greenland was “cold as s***” during a controversial visit to the Danish semiautonomous territory.

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3 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha in Greenland for controversial visit to base as Donald Trump says US needs island

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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3 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha in Greenland for controversial visit to military base as Trump says US 'needs' island

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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3 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha arrive in Greenland for controversial visit to military base

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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3 d. ago The most unpopular couple in Greenland: JD Vance and his wife arrive for controversial visit as part of Trump's bid to claim the territory

Vance and his wife Usha were seen today jetting off for the visit and recently landed at the Pituffik Space Base in north-west Greenland.

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3 d. ago Kimmel on ‘Signalgate’: ‘A perfect storm of incompetence, inexperience, dishonesty and hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss JD Vance’s trip Greenland and official efforts to downplay sending war plans to a journalistLate-night hosts talked the Trump administration’s attempts to deflect from the Signal group chat leak, Mike Waltz’s public Venmo and JD Vance’s unwanted visit to Greenland. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Putin vows to 'finish off' Ukraine and mocks Britain for its economy as he boards nuclear submarine in Arctic during Vance's 'hostile' visit to Greenland 

The Kremlin chief's comments reflect his growing confidence in the fate of his war in Ukraine, not least because the United States is holding Volodymyr Zelensky over a barrel.

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3 d. ago Usha Vance: US second lady and wife of JD Vance's visit to Greenland cancelled after locals refuse to host

Usha Vance, like her husband, has been on a rightward political journey and was part of a delegation due to visit the territory President Trump covets for the US

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin says Donald Trump is 'serious' about taking over Greenland as island prepares for JD Vance visit

Russian President says US plans to take over territory are ‘not eccentric talk’

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4 d. ago JD Vance to expect frosty reception in Greenland amid diplomatic row

Visit by US vice-president and wife met with hostility by leaders after Trump’s threats to acquire territoryThe US vice-president, JD Vance, and his wife Usha are due to touch down in Greenland on Friday in a drastically scaled down trip after the original plans for the unsolicited visit prompted an international diplomatic row.The visit to Pituffik, a remote ice-locked US military base in northwestern Greenland, will be closely watched by leaders in Nuuk and Copenhagen, who have aired their opposition to the trip amid ongoing threats by Donald Trump to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Putin threatens Arctic WAR ahead of US Vice President Vance's visit to Greenland and claims NATO is using region as 'springboard for conflicts'

'We are talking about serious plans on the American side with regard to Greenland. These plans have long-standing historical roots,' Putin told an Arctic forum in the northern city of Murmansk.

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4 d. ago Greenland tourism firm cancels Usha Vance visit fearing ‘media spectacle’

‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders’, says Tupilak Travel amid a push from Donald Trump to try and take control of the territory

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4 d. ago Greenland travel agency cancels Usha Vance visit over 'underlying agenda' and 'media spectacle'

Greenlanders are furious over proposals by Donald Trump that the US take over the territory

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5 d. ago Greenland chief accuses JD and Usha Vance of 'masterful spin' with last

Greenland's leadership called Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance's changed itinerary to their island visit a 'masterful spin' about their true intensions.

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5 d. ago JD Vance taunts Greenland in latest attack on European 'freeloaders' and says he will join his wife on controversial visit

Vance's trip is unlikely to go down well on the island and with Denmark, with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen saying that the US is exerting 'unacceptable pressure'.

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6 d. ago JD Vance announces he’ll be joining his wife on controversial Greenland visit

US vice president JD Vance has confirmed he will be joining his wife in Greenland this week to ‘check out what’s going on’ with the country’s security.

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6 d. ago Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ as JD Vance says he will join Greenland visit

US vice-president says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland – which she has vowed to resist – before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.Later, just hours after her comments, the White House sprang a fresh surprise, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, announced he would join his wife on a trip to the territory this week. Continue reading...

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