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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...



JD Vance and his wife Usha are visiting the US military base Pituffik in Greenland, a trip scaled down after sparking a diplomatic row. Greenlandic and Danish leaders oppose the visit amid Trump's past interest in acquiring Greenland. Danish politicians will not greet Vance, viewing it as solely an American military visit. Trump reiterated the US "needs" Greenland for security. Political parties in Greenland are forming a coalition government.

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